{"id":98881015,"date":"2011-07-25T14:01:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-25T14:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/travel-trends\/us-airlines-push-back-against-security-fee-hikes\/"},"modified":"2011-07-25T14:01:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-25T14:01:00","slug":"us-airlines-push-back-against-security-fee-hikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/us-airlines-push-back-against-security-fee-hikes\/","title":{"rendered":"US Airlines Push Back Against Security Fee Hikes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nSeveral US airlines are fighting back against proposed increases in security fees currently being debated in Washington.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAccording to sources close to the debt ceiling talks, security fees have become a hot button issue in the Congressional debate over debt reduction.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nCurrently flyers traveling through the United States pay a September 11 security fee amounting up to $10 per ticket.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThis fee goes toward the cost of government-run airport security programs put in place shortly after the September 11 terror attacks. However, a proposed plan in Washington could double the fees paid by Americans, a move that airlines say could cripple an already fragile industry recovery.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nIf approved, the plan could save the federal government up to $15 billion over the next 10 years.&nbsp; &nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<em>Source:&nbsp;<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2011\/07\/25\/uk-usa-debt-airlines-idUSLNE76O02820110725\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a><\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several US airlines are fighting back against proposed increases in security fees currently being debated in Washington. &nbsp; According to sources close to the debt ceiling talks, security fees have become a hot button issue in the Congressional debate over debt reduction. &nbsp; Currently flyers traveling through the United States pay a September 11 security [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98881015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98881015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98881015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98881015\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98881015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98881015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98881015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}