The Biden administration is touting its new proposal to require airlines, travel advisors and OTAs to disclose a broad array of ancillary fees upfront as the latest in a series of efforts it is making to bolster airline consumer protection.

But the proposal, which was put forward by the DOT on Sept. 26, already faces opposition from airlines and travel advisors and even some criticism from consumer advocates.

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Conversely, consumer advocate Bill McGee of the American Economic Liberties Project said the new regulations don’t go far enough. Though he commended the DOT for “efforts to make the opaque air travel shopping process more transparent and fair,” in a tweet last week, McGee added that the department needs to abolish fees for families with children under 13 to sit together, rather than merely making the fees more transparent.

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