Drop the drip pricing: Consumer watchdog snarls at sneaky fees added late in online bookings

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Online consumers hit by ‘drip pricing’ – when last-second, unavoidable costs are added at the checkout – may be about to save some cash, as websites levying such ‘sneaky fees’ move to the forefront of a crackdown from regulators.

The Competition and Markets Authority announced its latest action against this illegal-but-widespread practice yesterday.

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