Let's Visit Asia » fuel surcharges http://www.letsvisitasia.com The best of Asia Travel from b5media Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:35:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Increase in Fuel Surcharges http://www.letsvisitasia.com/2008/07/increase-in-fuel-surcharges/ http://www.letsvisitasia.com/2008/07/increase-in-fuel-surcharges/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:52:24 +0000 http://www.letsvisitasia.com/2008/07/23/increase-in-fuel-surcharges/ Post from: Let's Visit Asia

]]> I was surfing around for cheap airfare deals for November and noticed that I’m still able to see the kind of airfares I was seeing a few months ago. I thought this a bit strange, considering the skyrocketing fuel prices of late. It was when I got to the page indicating the total amount I need to pay that my jaw dropped: the tax and fuel surcharge fees cost more than the seat itself!

Now I understand how airlines can advertise that they haven’t increased airfares, and in fact are still offering discounted fares. As usual, the trick is in the small print: plus taxes and surcharges.

Considering the trend in fuel prices is going, I wonder, are we seeing the end of real low-cost travel?

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