Originally Posted by
LondonElite
You want to go AAA-BBB, so you book AAA-BBB-CCC, where BBB-CCC is on some propeller charter company start-up flying bush tours. The airline operating AAA-BBB has a simple operating agreement with this startup, but no more. Your ticket is AAA-CCC so the YQ calculation doesn't sync with the existing systems and is set to 0.
Well, yes - but that's rather an extreme example. Something as simple as an open jaw on a single carrier has been known to eliminate a goodly part of the fuel surcharge ......