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Old Oct 16, 2008 | 3:49 pm
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Originally Posted by ozstamps
Every ticket we book SYD-USA has about $500 or $600 glued on top of base ticket price, and that has escalated like mad in the past year or so.
From what I've heard, United hedged it's fuel costs when oil was way over $100. So now, they essentially aren't benefiting from the drop. (Which is exactly how hedges work!) So are they going to pass the price of their poor hedging onto customers?
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