FTC bans 'bait-and-switch' hidden fees for hotel and event tickets

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Tuesday announced it finalized a new junk fees rule that seeks to prohibit the use of bait-and-switch pricing and other tactics that hide fees and the total price for tickets to live events as well as hotel and vacation rentals.

"People deserve to know up front what they're being asked to pay — without worrying that they'll later be saddled with mysterious fees that they haven't budgeted for and can't avoid," FTC Chair Lina Khan said in a statement....