Already
beset by
several delays, DOT plans to propose and open for public comment a
number of considerations that would impact the corporate travel industry,
including a contentious proposal to "require that ancillary fees be
displayed through all sale channels," according to a DOT update issued on
Monday. Through the rulemaking, DOT also plans to address whether it should
require travel agents to "adopt minimum customer service standards in
relation to the sale of air transportation"; disclose carriers "whose
tickets they sell or do not sell and information regarding any incentive
payments they receive in connection with the sale of air transportation";
and disclose "preferential display of individual fares or carriers in the
ticket agent's Internet displays."