Transportation Department: Airlines should pay bumped passengers more

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The Obama administration wants to raise the amount airlines have to compensate passengers bumped from full flights to as much as $1,300. They pay up to $800 now.

The Transportation Department unveiled the proposals Wednesday. The proposed changes also would give passengers 24 hours to cancel reservations without penalty.

The proposed new rules would also require airlines to fully and prominently disclose baggage fees, prohibit price increases after a ticket is purchased, and give passengers timely notice of changes in flight status.

The proposals would also extend to foreign airlines a three-hour limit on the time airlines can keep passengers waiting on airport tarmacs.

-- Associated Press