Waste of Money: T.S.A. 'Security Fee' Doubles on Airline Tickets
A security fee that the government charges airline passengers more than doubled on Monday, from $2.50 to $5.60.
Lawmakers last year approved an increase in the fee, which is tacked onto the cost of airplane tickets, as part of a budget agreement.
Additionally, passengers will be charged twice if they have a layover for a connecting flight that lasts longer than four hours.
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In other words: passengers now have to pay twice as much for getting groped?
Parents will now have to pay twice as much to have their children groped.
Some people would happily pay five times that amount to be groped!