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Starting Thursday, forget about finding a $9 airfare. That’s the beginning of new Department of Transportation airfare rules that require airlines to include all taxes and mandatory fees in the airfare price quoted.
That will make fares look higher, although they only will be advertised in a different — and more transparent — way. The actual fares will not change, travel specialists say.
But it means airfares for $9, advertised by such low-cost carriers as Spirit Airlines, couldn’t fly. Taxes alone would cost more, said Monika Dysart, a travel consultant with Sixth Star Travel in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
As a rule of thumb, on a nonstop domestic flight, taxes are generally about $21 for a round trip.
Denver Post staff and wire reports
