Originally Posted by
YEG USER
... it appears that while WJ claims that they no longer have a surcharge, they actually increased their base fare by approximately the same amount as the surcharges they eliminated.
Which is exactly what I would have expected.
The only advantage is to those getting award tickets (AirMiles, Avion, etc) that won't have to pay the surcharge as an add-on, if they've really got rid of the surcharge instead of converting it to a hidden surcharge like AC.