SPRINGFIELD — An $11 Peter Pan Bus Lines ticket from New York City to Philadelphia ended up costing a Queens man $22 in February.
Now he’s one of two plaintiffs suing Springfield-based Peter Pan, saying what the lawsuit calls “junk fees” — highlighted as bookings, fuel, departure, transactions or terminals — and tacked on to the end of the online booking process- misrepresent the truth. cost of the trip
“Of course, a coach needs a reservation, a terminal for arrival and departure, and fuel to power the coach,” says the lawsuit filed in September in U.S. District Court in Springfield. “These are simply part of the process of riding the bus.”