Airline Fuel Surcharge

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PamS wrote: »

Hi Agrinnall, it was in the Telegraph three days ago. The headline was "Airlines urged to cut ticket prices as cost of oil continues to fall" and can be found on the Telegraph's website. From what the comments are here, it would appear that the "fuel surcharge", which is shown separately on a ticket, is in fact part of the base airfare otherwise why would an airline increase the base price of a ticket due to the fall in the fuel surcharge? And therefore is a sneaky way of promoting a lower priced fare before this surcharge is added.

A complaint would be justifiable if this surcharge were added at the last minute, but it isn't. You are only ever quoted the total fare, so it's not as though you are really misled, more of an accounting game for the airlines.

It's generally a pretty poor business to be in, I believe the industry typically loses money globally on an annual basis, and is subsidised by governments in many locations,and a constantly revolving chapter 11 queue in the us.

alwaysready

Yeah sure..its going to be dangerous