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If finalized, the rule would ban airlines from charging fees to assign seats to children aged 13 or younger next to their parents or an accompanying adult.
The Department of Transportation is proposing a rule that would prohibit airlines from charging “junk fees” to seat families together on flights.
The rule comes as the Biden Administration has repeatedly urged airlines to revise their family seating policy.
"Baggage fees are bad enough — airlines can't treat your child like a piece of baggage," President Joe Biden said at his 2023 State of the Union.
After his comments, carriers like American, JetBlue, Frontier and Alaska revised their policies to let families sit together at no extra charge.
The DOT said the proposed rule could save a family of four as much as $200 per round-trip if seat selection