Cathay Pacific Asia Miles - HK security tax - is CX overcharging people???

It's been well documented HK Airport Authority imposes HK$33 airport security tax on every departing passengers, and it should be shown as NUC in the fare basis

While Air Canada, United, Air China (to name a few) has added HK$33 to the ticket prices, CX is currently adding HK$40 instead.

According to CX annual report, there were >27m revenue passengers carried last year (that translates to ~14m departing revenue passengers, plus people using asiamiles to redeem CX/KA & partner seats). It seems to me CX is pocketing >HK$100m by rounding up the airport security charge and pocket the difference.

Does anybody have any insight about this?

Does anybody have any insight about this?

Hopefully, you know Chinese:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hM5sBIbKe4A&feature=plcp

Well on the other hand, there's credit card fees that they have to swallow and government fees that they can't prorate.

- At least for the HKG market, the CX.com fare quote has already included this security surcharge, while fuel surcharges and other taxes are not included, so it doesn't make a difference for online booking.

- But for mileage redemption tickets, HKD40 is to be charged.

- The situation for booking through TAs in HK is more complicated. Some TAs include this surcharge in their quotes, while some treat this HKD33 as 'tax'. But, note that TAs in HK are allowed to charge a further 'administration fee' of at least HKD30 for collecting taxes and fuel surcharges. This is done by CX Holidays for example, but not for CX.com.

- At least for the HKG market, the CX.com fare quote has already included this security surcharge, while fuel surcharges and other taxes are not included, so it doesn't make a difference for online booking.

- But for mileage redemption tickets, HKD40 is to be charged.

- The situation for booking through TAs in HK is more complicated. Some TAs include this surcharge in their quotes, while some treat this HKD33 as 'tax'. But, note that TAs in HK are allowed to charge a further 'administration fee' of at least HKD30 for collecting taxes and fuel surcharges. This is done by CX Holidays for example, but not for CX.com.

So would I be charged $15 on a YQ dump? :D
(Well, I wouldn't use a TA in that case anyways...)