ANA impose fuel surcharge for Air China award ticket now?
Aug 1, 2016, 12:27 am
#1
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ANA impose fuel surcharge for Air China award ticket now?
Hi, I am trying to book a round trip ticket from SFO to PEK using ANA miles. The flight I want to book is operated by Air China. As far as I remember, ANA do not charge fuel surcharge on Air China award booking, but I have seen around $500 tax/fee for this.
Is this a new change? Thanks
Is this a new change? Thanks
Aug 1, 2016, 8:38 pm
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I just figured they did add some kind of fuel surcharge.
How much are you seeing?
I flew last month on CA F and was charged $59.02 IAH-PEK-SHA-PEK-IAH compared to UA would have only charged $50.56, good to know!
How much are you seeing?
I flew last month on CA F and was charged $59.02 IAH-PEK-SHA-PEK-IAH compared to UA would have only charged $50.56, good to know!
Aug 10, 2016, 4:43 pm
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It is $500 for the total tax/fee and a large part is due to fuel surcharge. It is in J class
Aug 10, 2016, 5:57 pm
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It looks like sometime in July ANA added U.S. Transportation Tax ($17.80) per one way into/out of US. I booked a US-China non-stop round trip in May, and the taxes and fees matched UA's. Yesterday I tried to change the return date (same flight number), and was quoted an additional charge of $35.60. After the ticket was reissued, I saw two new charges:
U.S. Transportation Tax: 17.80
U.S. Transportation Tax: 17.80
Should such fees be charged on award tickets?
U.S. Transportation Tax: 17.80
U.S. Transportation Tax: 17.80
Should such fees be charged on award tickets?
Aug 11, 2016, 12:20 am
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It looks like sometime in July ANA added U.S. Transportation Tax ($17.80) per one way into/out of US. I booked a US-China non-stop round trip in May, and the taxes and fees matched UA's. Yesterday I tried to change the return date (same flight number), and was quoted an additional charge of $35.60. After the ticket was reissued, I saw two new charges:
U.S. Transportation Tax: 17.80
U.S. Transportation Tax: 17.80
Should such fees be charged on award tickets?
U.S. Transportation Tax: 17.80
U.S. Transportation Tax: 17.80
Should such fees be charged on award tickets?
Aug 11, 2016, 1:05 pm
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Aug 13, 2016, 1:27 am
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I came here to ask the same question! Planning to book a ticket for my mom and saw ~$500 tax&fees. I tried PEK-SFO, PEK-ORD Air China round trip but did not see high fuel surcharge. It seems that only PVG-SJC is affected. Could it be due to some IT error?...
Mar 10, 2017, 4:35 pm
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Yes, ANA does impose fuel charges on Air China now. I booked:
ORD-NRT ANA J
NRT-PEK Air China J
PEK-AKL Air China J
AKL-CHC Air New Zealand Y
CHC-AKL Air New Zealand Y
AKL-PEK Air China J
PEK-NRT ANA J
NRT-JFK ANA J
Fees were $447pp. $161 was government imposed, $286 was fuel surcharges for the Air China flights.
But it does seem the fuel surcharges are only imposed when traveling to New Zealand... EWR-PEK on Air China only incurs JPY 9120 for the round trip in J.
ORD-NRT ANA J
NRT-PEK Air China J
PEK-AKL Air China J
AKL-CHC Air New Zealand Y
CHC-AKL Air New Zealand Y
AKL-PEK Air China J
PEK-NRT ANA J
NRT-JFK ANA J
Fees were $447pp. $161 was government imposed, $286 was fuel surcharges for the Air China flights.
But it does seem the fuel surcharges are only imposed when traveling to New Zealand... EWR-PEK on Air China only incurs JPY 9120 for the round trip in J.