The government has launched a consultation on drip pricing - where additional charges are added after the initial price is shown. The headlines are about airlines, but ticketing affected too 🧵



Gov research creates a definition of "harmful" drip pricinggov.uk/government/new… Harmful drip pricing is: "mandatory, pre-selected and optional, presented past the halfway point of the checkout process, costing more than 25% of the product price, 3+ dripped fees"

With booking and processing fees being the category of drip price most likely to cause harm