Izindiza zinxenxwe ukuthi zibuyise imali, zelule isikhathi esinqunyiwe samavawusha ezindizeni ezikhanselwe ubhadane

• Imibiko yabathengi ne-PIRG banxusa izindiza ukuthi zinikeze izimbuyiselo ezigcwele zezindiza ezikhanseliwe ngesikhathi sobhadane njengoba kusondela izinsuku zokuphelelwa yisikhathi kwamavawusha
• Amaqembu acela izinkampani zezindiza ukuthi zandise izinsuku zokuphelelwa yisikhathi kwamavawusha okungenani ekupheleni kuka-2022
• Incwadi yamaqembu wabathengi iphawula ukuthi izikhalazo eziya eMnyangweni Wezokuthutha waseMelika mayelana nokubuyiselwa kwemali ezindizeni zehle kakhulu onyakeni odlule

Ngomgubho wonyaka owodwa wokuvalwa kwe-COVID-19 ezweni lonke kusondela, i-Consumer Reports ne-US PIRG bathumele incwadi ezindizeni eziyishumi zasekhaya namuhla zibacela ukuthi babuyisele imali egcwele kubathengi abanezindiza ezikhanseliwe noma ezithintwe yilo bhubhane. Okungenani, amaqembu abathengi anxusa izinkampani zezindiza ukuthi zandise izinsuku zokuphelelwa yisikhathi kwamavawusha abawakhiphele izindiza ezikhanseliwe kuze kube sekupheleni kuka-2022 noma ngaphezulu.

"Izigidi zabantu baseMelika ababekise izindiza ngokuthembeka ngonyaka we-2020 bavinjelwa ukundiza ngenxa yokuvalwa kukahulumeni nokukhathazeka okuphathelene nezokuphepha okulethwe ubhadane lomhlaba olwaba yikhulu," kusho uWilliam J. McGee, ongumeluleki wezokundiza I-Consumer Reports. “Imboni yezindiza ithole ukwesekwa okukhulu okuvela kubakhokhi bentela ngenkathi iqinisa amakhasimende ayo futhi iphatha amadola abo abawasebenzele kanzima njengemali mboleko engenzalo. Sekuyisikhathi sokuhlinzeka abathengi ngezimali ezibuyiselwe emuva kwesikhathi esezibafanele. ”

Incwadi yamaqembu wabathengi iphawula ukuthi izikhalazo eziya eMnyangweni Wezokuthutha waseMelika mayelana nokubuyiselwa kwemali ezindizeni zehle kakhulu onyakeni odlule. Ngo-2019, abathengi bahambisa izikhalazo eziyi-1,574 eziphelele mayelana nokubuyiselwa kwemali ku-DOT. Ngonyaka odlule, lelo nani lenyuke izikhathi ezingama-57 laya kuzikhalazo zokubuyiselwa imali ezingama-89,518.

Imibiko Yabathengi ixhunywe ngamakhasimende amaningi ekhungathekile ngokuthi awakwazanga ukubuyiselwa imali ngesikhathi sokuvalwa futhi akhathazekile ngokuthi kungenzeka angakwazi ukuhamba ngaphambi kokuthi ama-voucher aphelelwe yisikhathi. Ukuhlaziywa kweTraipAction, okuyinkampani ephethe ezokuvakasha yamabhizinisi, kutholakale ukuthi ama-voucher angama-55% wamathikithi angasetshenziswanga azophelelwa yisikhathi ngo-2021, kuthi angu-45% aphelelwe yisikhathi ngo-2022.

Abagibeli abaningi bavinjelwe ukuba bandize ngenxa yemikhawulo kahulumeni, izaziso zezempilo yomphakathi, noma izimo ezibucayi zezempilo ezenza ukundiza ngesikhathi salo bhubhane kungaphephi. Uhambo oluningi kakhulu abalubhukhile alusoze lwenzeka, ngenxa yokukhanselwa (hhayi ukuhlehliswa) kwezingqungquthela, izingqungquthela, imishado, ukuthweswa iziqu, nokuhlangana kwemindeni.

Ngenkathi abagibeli ezindizeni ezikhanseliwe yizindiza benelungelo lokuthola imbuyiselo ephelele ngaphansi komthetho wesifundazwe, ukuhlaziywa kwenhlangano kutholakale ukuthi abanye abathwali banikeza ama-voucha njengenketho yokuzenzakalelayo, edinga abagibeli ukuthi bathathe izinyathelo ezengeziwe ukuze bathole imali yokubuyiselwa imali. Izindiza eziningi zilinde kwaze kwaba umzuzu wokugcina ukukhansela izindiza ezihleliwe, okwenza abagibeli abathintekayo bakhansele amathikithi abo futhi balahlekelwa yilungelo labo elisemthethweni lokubuyiselwa imali.

"Kuyinhlamba futhi akulungile ukuthi izinkampani zezindiza zingakhokhi ukubuyiselwa imali kuwo wonke amakhasimende athintwe yilo bhubhane," kusho uTeresa Murray, uMqondisi weConsumer Watchdog we-US PIRG. “Abathengi ngokuqinisekile babengeke babone kusengaphambili inhlekelele yomhlaba eyodwa ezokwenzeka kanye. Ucwaningo lwethu lukhombisile ukuthi abavakashi abanezinhlelo zabo ezikhanseliwe kufanele badabule izinqubomgomo zokubuyiselwa ezingabhalwa yithimba labameli. Babhekene nokuthola umehluko phakathi kwekhredithi yendiza noma ikhredithi yohambo noma ivawusha yokuhamba nokunikezwa okufanayo izindiza ezikwenzayo ukugwema ukunika abantu imali okulula ukuyiqonda ephaketheni labo. ”

Ukubuyekezwa Kwemibiko Yabathengi kwezinqubomgomo zamavawusha ezindiza kutholakale izinqubomgomo eziyisishiyagalolunye ezihlukene phakathi kwezindiza eziyishumi ezihlukene. Eziningi zalezi zinqubomgomo kunzima ukuzithola kumawebhusayithi ezindiza, futhi incazelo yezindiza yezinqubomgomo zayo ingadida futhi kwesinye isikhathi iphikisane, kususelwa emithethweni ephikisanayo yezinsuku ezahlukahlukene zokubhuka, zokuhamba, nezokukhansela.

Incwadi yamaqembu abathengi yathunyelwa kuma-CEO ezindiza ezihleliwe ezilandelayo: i-Alaska Airlines, Allegiant Air, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Southwest Airlines, Spirit Airlines, kanye ne-United Airlines.