‘Egregious’ family discounts

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There’s a new scandal in the travel industry: Airlines are offering slight discounts to families and other groups that buy tickets together.

“BREAKING: As if flight prices weren’t ugly enough, two major U.S. airlines are still charging solo passengers higher fares than groups of two or more,” reported travel writer Kyle Potter. “United & especially American are increasingly penalizing solo flyers, our latest analysis found – with some egregious examples.”

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