Congress Probes Travel Firms' Surveillance Pricing

Representative James Comer, chair of the U.S. House Oversight Committee, on March 6, 2026, sent letters to five major travel companies including Uber, Lyft, Expedia, Booking.com and Instacart asking whether they use surveillance pricing and demanding documents by March 19. Comer said algorithms use personal data to set individualized prices and sought communications and revenue-management details. The inquiry follows similar probes by California's attorney general and congressional Democrats into AI-driven individualized pricing.