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Hidden fees’ law saving passengers from surcharge headache is set to bring in new rules despite major airline pushback
AIRLINE passengers hoping for relief from surprise charges may still see change, despite major carriers fighting hard to block new rules.
The controversial “hidden fees” regulation has now landed before all 17 judges of a powerful federal appeals court.
The Fifth US Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans announced on October 2 that it will rehear the case “en banc,” putting the consumer-friendly law back in the spotlight.
At the center of the fight is a rule from April 2024 that forces airlines and ticket sellers to show baggage, seat, and other add-on fees at the start of booking.
The Department of Transportation, under the Biden administration, said the measure was meant to protect passengers from “surprise airline junk fees.”
Officials estimated the rule would save travelers more than $500 million a year in unnecessary costs.
But airlines immediately pushed back, arguing the government had no authority to impose such sweeping requirements.
American, Delta, United, Alaska, and JetBlue – along with trade group Airlines for America – sued to block the rule.
They insist the law lets the DOT investigate unfair practices case by case, not create blanket mandates, Reuters reported.
The carriers also blasted the department’s economic studies as flawed and said they were denied the right to comment before the rule was finalized.
In their petition, airlines warned the mandate would “upend the way airlines interact with their customers, at great cost, and with no demonstrated benefit.”
A smaller three-judge panel of the same appeals court partly sided with the DOT in January 2025.
That panel said the department did have the power to regulate hidden fees because they can mislead consumers.
However, the judges also found fault in how the DOT handled its economic study, saying the public should have been allowed to weigh in.
Instead of throwing out the rule, the panel sent it back to the DOT for further review.
Airlines wanted a full rehearing, and they got it, with all 17 judges now set to review the case.
Hidden Fees Rule
- What it does: Forces airlines and ticket sellers to display baggage, seat, and other add-on fees during booking.
- Goal: Prevent “surprise” charges and help travelers see the total cost upfront.
- Estimated savings: Over $500 million a year for passengers.
- Current status: On hold since July 2024 while the Fifth Circuit Court reviews the rule.
- Airlines’ stance: Say it’s costly, unnecessary, and exceeds DOT authority.
- DOT stance: Says transparent pricing is essential for fair competition and consumer protection
The DOT opposed a rehearing, insisting the panel got it right by keeping the rule intact while addressing procedural issues.
Neither the Transportation Department nor the Justice Department has commented further.
The fee disclosure rule has been on hold since July 2024, meaning passengers are still left guessing about add-on charges until late in the booking process.
The Fifth Circuit, one of the country’s most conservative appeals courts, did not say when oral arguments will be held.
The outcome could reshape how airlines advertise prices – and how much power the federal government has to regulate the industry.
If judges back the DOT, the rule could return once the agency fixes its process.
If they rule for the airlines, the consumer protections would collapse, and the government’s reach over aviation could shrink.
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Taylor Swift ‘rips’ nemesis Kim Kardashian and her ‘fat a**’ to bits on new diss track Wi$h Li$t
TAYLOR Swift has seemingly dissed Kim Kardashian in a new track from her 12th studio album.
After lyrics from one of the tracks were properly digested, fans flocked to social media to speculate if Kim Kardashian was the inspiration behind Wi$h Li$t.
In a Kardashian-dedicated Reddit forum, one person shared screenshots of the track Wi$h Li$t and said, “Kardashian Diss Track.”
Underneath the post, the original poster penned, “Lyrics from taylor swifts new song Wi$h Li$t: They want that yacht life, under chopper blades.
“They want those bright lights and Balenci’ shades And a fat ass with a baby face They want it all.
“And then that video taken off the internet. They want it all.”
The poster added, “I mean….. lowkey this could be very much about them… thoughts?”
Someone replied, “I actually thought it was about them too.”
On Facebook, in a Taylor fan group, another person said, “Wi$h Li$t is so Kim coded! Loving the whole album!”
Someone replied, “I thought this too!! Glad I’m not the only one.”
This is not the first time that Taylor has seemingly made a jibe at Kim in one of her tracks.
There was a rather sharp dig seemingly aimed at the reality star in a track on her The Tortured Poets Department album in the spring of 2024.
Her hit Thank You Aimee, stylized as thanK you aIMee, spelled out KIM and had some very telling lyrics.
“There’s a bronze spray-tanned statue of you and a plaque underneath it / That threatens to push me down the stairs, at our school,” Taylor sings in one line.
Taylor has previously spoken about her long-running and tense feud with Kim and how it “took her down psychologically”, with the lyrics going on to add: “All that time you were throwin’ punches, I was buildin’ somethin’.
“And I can’t forgive the way you made me feel / Screamed ‘F*ck you, Aimee’ to the night sky, as the blood was gushin’ / But I can’t forget the way you made me heal.”
Taylor's bitter feud with Kanye and Kim explained
Taylor Swift has been locked in a nasty feud with Kanye West and Kim Kardashian for years.
- 2009 – Kanye interrupted Taylor’s VMA win for Best Female Video onstage, saying, “I’m really happy for you and I’mma let you finish but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time”
- 2009 – Later that month, Kanye admitted he regretted the action and Taylor confirmed that he rang to apologize
- 2010 – Taylor performed Innocent, a song rumored to be about Kanye, at the VMAs, singing, “It’s all right / Just wait and see / Your string of lights is still bright to me / Who you are is not where you’ve been”
- 2013 – Kanye took back his apology to the singer, insisting, “I do not have one regret”
- 2015 – The former rivals reunited at the 2015 Grammy Awards and posed together for photos and Taylor later said she “likes him as a person”
- 2016 – Kanye debuted his song, Famous, with the lyrics, “I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex / Why? I made that b***h famous”
- 2016 – After Taylor insisted she did not approve the lyric, “I made that b***h famous,” Kim released video footage of her phone call with Kanye
- 2017 – Taylor seemingly referenced their feud in her album, Reputation, teasing the news with videos of a serpent – a nod to the snake emojis posted in her Instagram comments implying she was a liar – and seemed to diss Kanye in her song, This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
- 2018 – Taylor said Kim had not released the full recording and asked, “Where is the video of Kanye telling me he was going to call me ‘that b***h’ in his song? It doesn’t exist because it never happened. You don’t get to control someone’s emotional response to being called ‘that b***’ in front of the entire world”
- 2019 – Kim insisted in a magazine interview that they had “squashed” their feud
- 2019 – Taylor claimed Kanye’s Famous music video was “revenge porn” as it featured a fake naked sculpture of her
- 2020 – The full phone call between Taylor and Kanye was leaked, in which there was no mention of her being called “that b***h”
- 2020 – Kim initially said the call revealed “nothing new” and later backtracked and tweeted, “the only issue I ever had around the situation was that Taylor lied through her publicist who stated that ‘Kanye never called to ask for permission…’ They clearly spoke so I let you all see that. Nobody ever denied the word ‘b***h’ was used without her permission.
- 2023 – Taylor said in a TIME interview that the feud with Kim and Kanye felt like a “career death” and “took her down psychologically”
Also in the song, she touches on how Kim tarnished Taylor’s name when she was branded a snake before her Reputation album came out.
“And it wasn’t a fair fight, or a clean kill / Each time that Aimee stomped across my grave.
“And then she wrote headlines / In the local paper, laughing at each baby step I’d take.”
Another clue that points towards the song being about Kim is when Taylor croons: “I don’t think you’ve changed much / And so I changed your name, and any real defining clues.”
And Taylor seemingly referenced one of Kim’s children when she sings: “And one day, your kid comes home singin’ / A song that only us two is gonna know is about you.”
This comes as Swifties process and fangirl over the brand new album, The Life of a Showgirl, which is packed full of songs and lyrics about Taylor’s husband-to-be Travis Kelce.
In one of the tracks, titled Wood, Taylor gushes about Travis’ “manhood” as she sings about how his “magic wand” broke the curse she was under.
And also in the alleged Kardashian diss track Wi$h Li$t, Taylor gushes about how she wants “a couple kids” with her husband-to-be.
