TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Azya Thornton on Dec 30, 2024

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) earlier this month announced a final Junk Fees Rule to prohibit bait-and-switch pricing and other tactics used to hide total prices and bury junk fees in the live-event ticketing and short-term lodging industries. According to a press release from the FTC, the final rule does not prohibit any type or amount of fee, nor does it prohibit any specific pricing strategies. It simply requires that businesses that advertise their pricing be transparent about prices and fees with consumers up front. The FTC estimates the rule will save consumers up to 53 million hours per year that would otherwise be spent searching for the total price of live-event tickets and short-term lodging.