FTC Bans Hidden ‘Junk Fees’ for Hotels and Concert Tickets

The Biden administration took another step in its push to combat so-called junk fees as the US Federal Trade Commission mandated more price transparency for consumers shopping for live-event tickets and hotel rooms.

The FTC commissioners voted 4-1 to approve the new rule, the agency said in a statement Tuesday. Republican Andrew Ferguson, who is slated to take over as chair in the incoming Trump administration, was the lone dissenter.

“People deserve to know up front what they’re being asked to pay — without worrying that they’ll later be saddled with mysterious fees that they haven’t budgeted for and ...