Originally Posted by
Souvlaki
As has been discussed at length, I'm sure, the fuel surcharge is a basically dishonest business practice. Imagine if Safeway advertised a $2 loaf of bread, you take it to the cash and they slap on $0.75 more as a "wheat surcharge". How long do you think before the Competition Bureau would shut that crap down?
People are free to buy their bread at Loblaws/Independant Grocer etc
No one ever seems to talk about just how low AC's base prices are though??
AC's pricing is deceitful and in place to take advantage of the simple traveller - ie, a person who sees $125 base fare to Paris and just books it without paying attention to the final all-in price. While annoying and lame, I'm Not sure how any seasoned traveller can be caught by AC's fuel surcharge game?