Airlines Face Pressure To Refund Customers After Taxpayer Bailout

Nine senators wrote letters this week to airline CEOs calling refunds a "moral" obligation after Congress approved a $50 billion bailout for the industry.

Airlines are facing mounting pressure to give customers cash refunds for canceled flights a week after Congress approved $50 billion to bail out passenger carriers struggling amid the pandemic-induced economic downturn.

So far, nearly every major airline in the United States is waiving change fees to rebook flights and providing credit for future trips. But, for the record 6.6 million Americans who filed jobless claims in just the past week, an unused plane ticket is often worth more as hundreds or potentially thousands of dollars in cash than it is as a gift certificate for an eventual vacation...

Nine senators wrote letters this week to airline CEOs calling refunds a "moral" obligation after Congress approved a $50 billion bailout for the industry.

Airlines are facing mounting pressure to give customers cash refunds for canceled flights a week after Congress approved $50 billion to bail out passenger carriers struggling amid the pandemic-induced economic downturn.

So far, nearly every major airline in the United States is waiving change fees to rebook flights and providing credit for future trips. But, for the record 6.6 million Americans who filed jobless claims in just the past week, an unused plane ticket is often worth more as hundreds or potentially thousands of dollars in cash than it is as a gift certificate for an eventual vacation...