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Old Oct 22, 2012, 7:46 am
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KE and VA still do not charge YQ. Has DL announced something to this effect?
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Old Oct 22, 2012, 9:54 am
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Originally Posted by michael_v
I booked a business class award ticket on RO a few months ago by calling the SIN line (during the AF/KL outage this spring if anyone remembers) and I was charged $5X.XX YQ (I think that was Singapore dollars). This was just one segment on RO part of an USA-Europe round-trip. I have never tried booking on RO using the USA line to see if it yields the same YQ.
Based on this post (the poster had only DL and RO in his reservation and got charged YQ) and my personal experience quoted above, I am asking OP to put an Yes next to RO.
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Old Oct 22, 2012, 10:19 am
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Originally Posted by UA Fan
KE and VA still do not charge YQ. Has DL announced something to this effect?
Has DL ever announced anything regarding carrier-imposed surcharges on award tickets?
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Old Oct 22, 2012, 11:26 am
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Originally Posted by UA Fan
KE and VA still do not charge YQ. Has DL announced something to this effect?
No formal announcement as far as I'm aware. Since its been a couple months since they collected YQ though I'm gonna change them to "No"

Originally Posted by michael_v
Based on this post (the poster had only DL and RO in his reservation and got charged YQ) and my personal experience quoted above, I am asking OP to put an Yes next to RO.
Done
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Old Apr 18, 2013, 10:26 am
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When folks say that fuel charges are generally not charged ex-Asia, what does that mean? Does the entire itinerary need to start in Asia?

I have the following booked:

LGA-(DL)-DTW-(DL)-NRT-(DL)-BKK
BKK-(VN)-HAN
SGN-(CZ)-CAN-(CZ)-LAX-(DL)-RDU-(DL)-JFK

When I switched from KE to CZ on the return flights, I got hit with a YR charge of $129. Was that appropriate?
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Old Apr 18, 2013, 11:06 am
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Originally Posted by hoth300
When folks say that fuel charges are generally not charged ex-Asia, what does that mean? Does the entire itinerary need to start in Asia?

I have the following booked:

LGA-(DL)-DTW-(DL)-NRT-(DL)-BKK
BKK-(VN)-HAN
SGN-(CZ)-CAN-(CZ)-LAX-(DL)-RDU-(DL)-JFK

When I switched from KE to CZ on the return flights, I got hit with a YR charge of $129. Was that appropriate?
I don't know why people keep making remarks like "fuel charges are generally not charged ex-Asia". It's nonsense. There are two major times when fuel surcharges are collected. The first, award travel originating in Europe (or the Middle East if via AF/KL/AZ), does not apply here. The second is that there are some partners where YQ/YR is assessed regardless of origin. CZ is one of those partners, so if you fly CZ and they publish YQ/YR for their revenue fares on that route, you're going to pay.
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Old Apr 18, 2013, 11:43 am
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Originally Posted by mtkeller
I don't know why people keep making remarks like "fuel charges are generally not charged ex-Asia". It's nonsense. There are two major times when fuel surcharges are collected. The first, award travel originating in Europe (or the Middle East if via AF/KL/AZ), does not apply here. The second is that there are some partners where YQ/YR is assessed regardless of origin. CZ is one of those partners, so if you fly CZ and they publish YQ/YR for their revenue fares on that route, you're going to pay.
thanks for clarifying!
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Old Apr 18, 2013, 1:12 pm
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Kenya Airways (KQ) did not charge YQ/YR on their portion of an ex-USA award ticket booked in April 2013.

My flights are STL-DTW-CDG-NBO(KQ), return NBO-AMS(KQ)-DTW-STL.

No fuel surcharges on the KQ legs from CDG-NBO and NBO-AMS.

Detail
AY 10.00
CJ 9.20
FR 26.40
IZ 5.10
QX 35.50
RN 8.60
TU 40.00
VV 2.60
XA 5.00
XY 7.00
YC 5.50
Total: 154.90
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Old Apr 18, 2013, 1:19 pm
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Originally Posted by Asmara
Kenya Airways (KQ) did not charge YQ/YR on their portion of an ex-USA award ticket booked in April 2013.

My flights are STL-DTW-CDG-NBO(KQ), return NBO-AMS(KQ)-DTW-STL.

No fuel surcharges on the KQ legs from CDG-NBO and NBO-AMS.

Detail
AY 10.00
CJ 9.20
FR 26.40
IZ 5.10
QX 35.50
RN 8.60
TU 40.00
VV 2.60
XA 5.00
XY 7.00
YC 5.50
Total: 154.90



Nice. I am warming up to DL. Just wish I could book DFW-BOM on KQ. Can anyone else confirm is there was no YQ?
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Old Apr 19, 2013, 11:42 am
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Originally Posted by Asmara
Kenya Airways (KQ) did not charge YQ/YR on their portion of an ex-USA award ticket booked in April 2013.
Thanks, updated the first post.
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Old Feb 10, 2014, 9:38 pm
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OP can you update the first post to say SV does not collect YQ? I flew DMM-RUH-AMM with them and did not get charged. I don't know if they charge on long haul, but checking af.com shows they do not, so I think it is a safe bet to assume DL also will not.

Does anyone else have an update to this?
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Old Feb 11, 2014, 10:11 am
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Originally Posted by UA Fan
OP can you update the first post to say SV does not collect YQ? I flew DMM-RUH-AMM with them and did not get charged. I don't know if they charge on long haul, but checking af.com shows they do not, so I think it is a safe bet to assume DL also will not.

Does anyone else have an update to this?
Comment #6 in this blog posts says no fuel surcharges on Saudia:

http://boardingarea.com/viewfromthew...ndreds-people/
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Old Feb 11, 2014, 10:20 am
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Maybe the OP here should be copied into a wiki so that everyone can help to keep it updated.
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Old Feb 11, 2014, 11:52 am
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Originally Posted by UA Fan
OP can you update the first post to say SV does not collect YQ? I flew DMM-RUH-AMM with them and did not get charged. I don't know if they charge on long haul, but checking af.com shows they do not, so I think it is a safe bet to assume DL also will not.

Does anyone else have an update to this?
Thanks, the OP already reflects that SV does not charge YQ But thx for confirmation

Originally Posted by michael_v
Comment #6 in this blog posts says no fuel surcharges on Saudia:

http://boardingarea.com/viewfromthew...ndreds-people/
Thx for confirmation

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Maybe the OP here should be copied into a wiki so that everyone can help to keep it updated.
I proposed making this a wiki when I first created the thread a couple years ago but DL moderator said no
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Old Feb 11, 2014, 11:54 am
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Originally Posted by HoKo
Thanks, I'll add this to the OP



Thx for confirmation



I proposed making this a wiki when I first created the thread a couple years ago but DL moderator said no
Now you can make the wiki yourself.
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