Airfares are another big culprit for this. When oil was at a high price, airlines started charging "fuel surcharges". There's no such thing. That service simply

Airfares are another big culprit for this. When oil was at a high price, airlines started charging "fuel surcharges". There's no such thing. That service simply costs more. I think they also did it to (further) erode awards redemptions because they still had to pay any additional fees. Uber famously did this with a safety fee when there was a string of negative news reports. What did this fee do? Literally nothing. They just pocketed it. Airbnb is an obvious one of course. Whenever I see anything like lack of transparent pricing and the necessary for such legislation, I have to chuckle at the expense of anarchists and libertarians because a strong government is necessary for any market to function. How are there any anarchists or libertarians at all?