Airline Fee & Passenger Rights Watch

Why this is recommended

A new bag fee or a seat charge is $70 a trip; a schedule change refund the airline hoped you would not claim is $400. Knowing your rights the week they change pays for the membership on one trip.

What the Tab covers

Who it is for

Anyone who flies twice a year or more, and the families who fly once and get charged for everything.

When it runs

Airlines change fees and policies on US mornings, and DOT rules take effect on published dates

Scope

American, Delta, United, Southwest, JetBlue, Alaska, Spirit, Frontier, Allegiant, Sun Country, Breeze, Hawaiian and Avelo; US Department of Transportation rules; bag, seat, change, cancellation and family-seating fees and policies; status, upgrade and boarding rules; routes and hub cuts; schedule-change refund rights; compensation programs; meltdowns affecting more than 500 flights

Suggested task

The objective your Tab starts with. You can edit every line of it once the Tab is yours.

Bag, seat, change and family-seating fee changes, loyalty and status rule changes, new routes and route cuts by hub, schedule changes that trigger refund rights, DOT refund and compensation rules, meltdown compensation programs and airline operational disruptions, with the airline first in the title.

Track American, Delta, United, Southwest, JetBlue, Alaska, Spirit, Frontier, Allegiant, Sun Country, Breeze, Hawaiian and Avelo, plus US Department of Transportation rules. Report only confirmed, source-backed changes from the last 30 hours: bag, seat, change, cancellation and family-seating fee or policy changes; elite status, upgrade and boarding changes; new routes and route or hub cuts; schedule changes that trigger refund rights; DOT refund, compensation, delay and accessibility rules with effective dates; compensation and voucher programs after mass disruptions; and operational meltdowns affecting more than 500 flights. Prefer airline pages, DOT and FAA releases and established aviation reporting; ignore rumors and affiliate fare roundups. Put the airline first in the title and state what a booked passenger can do. Use high severity for a new fee that applies to most passengers, a DOT rule taking effect, or a meltdown. Return no more than 6 findings. Push each as a finding with a title, a two-sentence summary, sections for what changed, who it affects, your rights, what to do, and the source link. If nothing qualifies, push nothing and submit the run receipt.