Originally Posted by
Calchas
Is that right? The fuel surcharges will, except for some IT bugs, be levied based on the operating carrier, not who tickets the itinerary, surely?
Not necessarily
In general, there is no requirement for a ticketing airline to collect fuel surcharges on behalf of an operating carrier
Some do, some don't
You can, of course, expect a ticketing carrier to collect the surcharges for its own segments.
AA is considered one of the 'better' carriers - in that it seems to not collect surcharges for carriers other than itself, and possibly BA and IB with whom it has a 'special relationship'