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Pro-DOMA lawyer fails in Supreme Court appeal not to disclose airline fees in ads
The Supreme Court refused on Monday to hear a challenge to a federal statute requiring airlines to include taxes and other fees in their price listings, Reuters reported. Three airlines — Allegiant Air, Southwest Airlines and Spirit Airlines — sought to challenge a July ruling by a three-judge panel of…
Southwest Airlines to charge ‘no show’ fee
Airfares on the rise: Southwest adds fee for no-shows The cost of air travel keeps going up, with the latest example of the trend coming from Southwest Airlines. The airline says that in 2013 it will charge fees on customers who don’t show up for flights and have failed to…
Nine-year-old lost during plane trip to be driven home
NASHVILLE, Tenn (Reuters) – The parents of a nine-year-old girl who flew unaccompanied to New York and was allowed to deplane in Baltimore, said they will drive to get her after the holidays rather than risk another flight. Chloe Boyce will not be flying again in the foreseeable after her…
‘L-Word’ actress reacts to Southwest’s gay snub: I won’t apologize
Leisha Hailey, an actress who starred on “The L-Word” and performs in electro-pop band Uh Huh Her, took to the Twittersphere Monday evening in a tirade against Southwest Airlines. Hailey said that she had kissed another woman on a Southwest flight, and was told by an employee that Southwest was…
‘L-Word’ actress kicked off Southwest Air flight for being gay
Actress Leisha Hailey, known for her work on lesbian-centric television show “The L-Word,” claimed that she was escorted off a flight operated by Southwest Airlines this week because she is gay. “I have been discriminated against by @SouthwestAir. Flt. attendant said that it was a “family” airline and kissing was…
FBI probes markings on airline’s planes
LOS ANGELES — Southwest Airlines said Thursday it called in federal investigators to probe mysterious markings found on the fuselage of some of its planes. The markings are being treated as vandalism, and do not appear linked to “any known group or activity,” it said in a statement, after reports…
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