...all head taxes collected on cruise ship passengers would go to ports and port facilities. It works like an airline tax. The airline taxes you pay fund runways and airports; the head taxes on cruise ship passengers would pay would go to ports and...

...has some wondering whether the next step will be direct taxation of travelers' frequent flier miles. Tucked in an airline tax bill passed in August by Congress was a little-noticed provision imposing a 7.5 percent excise tax on frequent-flier...