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Old Oct 18, 2011 | 9:00 pm
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Originally Posted by ExAAerOnDL
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So to recap - there's nothing deceptive about YQ surcharges, nothing unfair about them, and nothing illegal about them. Airlines use them for two reasons: (1) it's mechanically easier to adjust a YQ surcharge than thousands of individual fares; (2) it's an easier price increase to gain market acceptance, which is important because if anyone with more than about 5% share fails to match, the increase will usually fail.
Agreed 100%

Plus if the OP had just taken a 3 rd strike from this years gaggers to the great one's early home on the aliiterative airline they could have saved a bunch!
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