Originally Posted by
The Lev
While I find the current level of fuel surcharges offensive given the 60% decline in fuel costs over the last four months, I must concur with jarusoba - I don't expect them to come after me for more money if fuel surcharges go up, so I can't expect them to give me a refund if the surcharge comes down.
Even in the height of the $140/barrel oil, Air Canada's fuel costs were 6.1 cents per available seat mile (from their Q2 and Q3 reports). Do the math. They expect you to pay 80% of the total fuel cost of your flight as a 'fuel surcharge'.
I would expect they will only drop this when either
a) The federal government comes down on them after consumer complaints
b) Star Alliance come down on them after complaints from other airlines
c) People stop using Aeroplan altogether. (I've switched to an Alaska Air mileage credit card)