Charles C.

Roland Perry wrote:
> In message <3d7f445lnrupoq5066c9ku4trf1dopfcim@>, at 08:04:09 on
> Thu, 5 Jun 2008, Joe Curry <egph@blueyonder.co.uk> remarked:
>>>> Hopefully BA will show a decrease next time figures are released?
>>
>>> It gives every indication of simply increasing as fuel prices increase.
>>> It's not a new thing, BA first introduced them in 2004, and they've had
>>> plenty of time to adjust base prices to the inevitable, if that's what
>>> you are hinting at.
>>
>> It is..one wonders if BA will again be taken to task by regulators..
>
> They've only been criticised for colluding over fuel surcharges, not the
> concept of having a fuel surcharge at all.
>
> The OFT has been pressing for airline websites to make the "final price"
> clear, not worrying too much about what the components are.

Howdy,

And BA and KLM and most other serious airlines show the complete price
of the ticket with no hidden extras. Who cares if they call it a
surcharge or something else ... that is the cost of a seat in a flight.

C.

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