Comments on: The truth about those controversial $10 holiday airfare charges

By: Airlines raise holiday surcharges, again — plan on another $20

Airlines raise holiday surcharges, again — plan on another $20 — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:11:31 +0000

[...] Plan to spend another $20 round-trip to your holiday travels on high-travel days. We reported the first holiday surcharge (or was it a fuel surcharge) back in September. Then in October the airlines expanded the [...]

By: Airline fuel surcharges on their way back

Airline fuel surcharges on their way back — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:30:51 +0000

[...] $10 holiday surcharges just announced by the major U.S. airlines are being listed as fuel [...]

By: Hop

Hop — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:07:05 +0000

This is a peak season fare. Price is a device for rationing limited capacity. Hotel rates go up around Super Bowl time in the Super Bowl host city. Same thing. But it should be an increase (if brief) in fare so the tax gets paid.

By: MCG

MCG — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:25:37 +0000

If other businesses all raise prices by the same amount and at the same time, it is called collusion and anti-trust laws apply. Why not ask the Transportation Dept. official why these laws do not apply to airlines?

By: Graham

Graham — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:03:47 +0000

What’s the difference between a holiday surcharge and a high season fare?

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:30:24 +0000

Hi Chris
Next time you might ask how much the Government loses in taxes when these “fees” are added but not included in the fare. I believe that it is absolutely intentional on the part of airlines to not include fees as part of the fare so as to avoid having to charge the tax. If there were a $10.00 increase and the increase was part of the fare then the airline would get $9.30 and the Governement would get $0.70 to support our aging air transportation infrastructure. Airlines have figured out how they can keep the entire $10.00 and the Government get nothing. It seems shortsighted to me since when the air traffic control system fails (or slows down) due to loss of revenue then airlines as well as passengers will suffer. Oh – I forgot – Airlines will just blame the Governemt and not take any responsibility for manipulating the fares. I have an idea – why not just make the enitre cost of an airline ticket a fee and reduce the fare to $0.00?