Originally Posted by
TopGunner
I just priced up this basic DONE4 out of JNB and wanted to get the collective wisdom on the charges, especially the carrier fines. Since they are lumped in, it is rather difficult to ascertain where they are coming from. I shudder to think what including BA might do to such an itinerary.
Base fare: 59,010ZAR
Carrier fees: 11,790ZAR
Taxes: 2,499ZAR
Total: 73,298ZAR
Itinerary:
JNB-DOH QR
DOH-MAD QR
MAD-LHR-LAX AA(IB Codeshare)-AA135
LAX-JFK AA
JFK-HKG AA (CX codeshare)
HKG-NRT CX
NRT-HKG CX
HKG-JNB CX
For those who might care, I changed my above itinerary to replace the AA codeshares on IB and CX for MAD-LHR and JFK-HKG, respectively, and it shaved off about 1,641ZAR or $164 in fuel fines. New total is 10,149ZAR approx $1,015.
QR in general and AA TATL fuel fines are not pretty. However, I still think I am being overcharged, I have gone and tried to manually price the fuel fines in an unscientific manner, although the CX fines are correct because those are clearly published and they have been slightly reduced as of Oct 1.
Route Airline YQ
JNB-DOH QR $80.50
DOH-MAD QR $80.50
MAD-xLHR IB $40.88
xLHR-LAX AA $288 (RT is 576)
LAX-JFK AA $0
JFK-HKG CX $103.70
HKG-NRT CX $23.50
NRT-HKG CX $23.50
HKG-JNB CX $103.70
Total $744 (8,109ZAR)
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