i spoke along with ranking member nelson senator cantwell booker blumenthal and frank and i sent a letter to the department of transportation asking about airline's ability to engage in personalized pricing. personal license pricing is a practice that would allow an airline to charge different prices to consumers that are trying to buy the same seat on the same flight at the same time time. the difference in airfare would be based upon personal situations that the airline has collected about the passenger. i and the other members are deeply concerned that if airlines are about to engage in personalized pricing they could discriminate amongst consumers charging customers different prices based on zip codes, income levels marital status or other characteristics. what if for example airlines consumers at good information offered special fares to consumers who live in more affluent zip codes to entice them to travel more frequently while failing to provide the same in lower income areas so mr. huerta the faa publicly refused last year to determine whether discrimination based on income level

i spoke along with ranking member nelson senator cantwell booker blumenthal and frank and i sent a letter to the department of transportation asking about airline's ability to engage in personalized pricing. personal license pricing is a practice that would allow an airline to charge different prices to consumers that are trying to buy the same seat on the same flight at the same time time. the difference in airfare would be based upon personal situations that the airline has collected about the passenger. i and the other members are deeply concerned that if airlines are about to engage in personalized pricing they could discriminate amongst consumers charging customers different prices based on zip codes, income levels marital status or other characteristics. what if for example airlines consumers at good information offered special fares to consumers who live in more affluent zip codes to entice them to travel more frequently while failing to provide the same in lower income areas so mr. huerta the faa publicly refused last year to determine whether discrimination based on income level