THE GOTCHA HALL OF SHAME

Feeling fleeced by hidden fees, surcharges, fine print and other “Gotchas”? That's because you are getting fleeced. Sneaky pricing has become the American (as in American Airlines) way of doing business.

The "Red Tape Chronicles" has opened up a new institution to memorialize all this chicanery: The Gotcha Hall of Shame. The first inductee is so deserving that it actually inspired creation of the award: JetBlue Airlines and its $7 pillow.

As one poster to this article has accurately stated: "America home of the free is now America home of the hidden fee."