With one of the busiest Thanksgiving travel weeks on record approaching, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer is pushing legislation that would prohibit airlines from charging parents deceptive junk fees to sit with their kids when they travel. On Monday, Schumer was at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport to announce his push for the Families Fly Together Act.
Schumer says, "This Thanksgiving travel week is going to be one of the busiest on record, and airlines are making a stressful travel time even more turbulent by charging junk fees to parents who want to sit with their kids on flights. Plain and simple, parents should not be the ones to pay the price for wanting to care for and keep their kids safe while traveling. That's why I'm pushing for legislation that protects families and lowers travel costs by eliminating junk fees for parents in New York and across the country. The Families Fly Together Act is the ticket to stopping airlines -- which already make billions of dollars in profits -- from charging families deceptive unaffordable and unnecessary fees, and I won't stop fighting until we've ended this ridiculous practice."
Photo by Senator Charles Schumer's Office
