http://www.consumertraveler.com/today/airlines-cut-fuel-surchages-but-not-to-every-destination/ The last honest travel site Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.consumertraveler.com/today/airlines-cut-fuel-surchages-but-not-to-every-destination/comment-page-1/#comment-7554 Travel Costs Dropping? : TerraCurve.com - Responsible travel news, places, people and events. Sun, 19 Oct 2008 02:04:27 +0000 http://www.tripso.com/?p=5579#comment-7554 [...] Atlantic are responding to the drop in gas prices by cutting back on fuel surcharges. Turns out, a few other airlines are following suit, as is Carnival Cruise line, which is cutting its fuel surcharges [...] [...] Atlantic are responding to the drop in gas prices by cutting back on fuel surcharges. Turns out, a few other airlines are following suit, as is Carnival Cruise line, which is cutting its fuel surcharges [...]

]]> http://www.consumertraveler.com/today/airlines-cut-fuel-surchages-but-not-to-every-destination/comment-page-1/#comment-7441 DaveS Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:26:28 +0000 http://www.tripso.com/?p=5579#comment-7441 The "fuel surcharges' are, and always have been, a way to raise prices without changing their flights' position on search engine listings; and to defraud corporations, travel agencies and the government by basing their obligations on a fictitious "base" fare, rather than the real "bait and switch" fare. I have to think that somebody is going to sue them or charge them with illegal activity for this ruse eventually. The “fuel surcharges’ are, and always have been, a way to raise prices without changing their flights’ position on search engine listings; and to defraud corporations, travel agencies and the government by basing their obligations on a fictitious “base” fare, rather than the real “bait and switch” fare. I have to think that somebody is going to sue them or charge them with illegal activity for this ruse eventually.

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