Southwest Fined $200,000 For Violating Denied Boarding Rules

The U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) has fined Southwest Airlines $200,000 for violating rules regarding passengers who are involuntarily bumped from oversold flights. That makes Southwest at least the third airline, after Delta Air Lines and Spirit Airlines, to have been fined for similar...

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