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Dec 23, 2008 | 3:44 pm

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emcampbe

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Originally Posted by Seat14K

"stop calling it a fuel surcharge" actualy, I'd prefer they call it a fuel surcharge. On Aeroplan.com and the e-ticket & receipt for my award flight I booked last week the fuel surcharge is clearly labelled "Taxes" with no mention of anything fuel releated.

Seat 14K

I respectfully disagree. Only if it is related to the amount/price of fuel should they call it a fuel surcharge. When ORD-YYZ-SCL has a lower fuel surcharge than YYZ - SCL, it clearly isn't about fuel, since the ORD-YYZ adds about 300+ miles to the trip, on a route where more fuel per mile is used based on the shorter distance. I'm sure they can figure out something creative, but fuel surcharge isn't proper.

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