Originally Posted by
Souvlaki
So the wheat surcharge would be OK in your view?
mostly because they are not that low in the first place
So in your view, because a seasoned veteran traveller wouldn't be caught unaware, this practice is OK? That's absurd.
And BTW, no matter how seasoned the traveller is, the advertised price is being jacked up by arbitrary fees that change without notice and that can only be seen once you initiate the booking process. Which means you have to go digging at each booking to find out if they changed it on you since the last time. If you aren't bothered by that, fine. I suspect you are in the minority in being OK with deliberately deceptive advertising.
If AC said they were going to incrase all base fares by $50 and reduce all fuel surcharges by $50, Would that be a step in the right direction for you? I personally would not care. I dont make my flgiht decisions on "base fares".
I don't like any segment of our populaiton being taken advantage of - but then we should get the govt to ban telemarketing, "Zero money down!" advertising, 19.5% interest credit cards for certain students, etc, etc . . . .
Again, it's a "slippery" way to do business. It's embarassing that our national airline chooses to do so. If our populaiton is not intelligent enough to make a decision based on the final purchase price for goods and services, well, that's a sad state