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Old Sep 8, 2015 | 10:21 am
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tangey
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Good ole BA fuel surcharge

I know various (lots) of discussions on fuel surcharge have taken place in the past, but this one anomaly grabbed my attention.

An award booking 1-way LHR-> DBX in F has a component in the taxes and fees of fuel surcharge of £134.50

On the same date, an award booking 1-way DUB-> LHR -> DXB, (CE to LHR then F to DXB), where the LHR-> DXB is on the exact same flight as above, has a fuel surcharge of £99.30.

Clicking on more details you get the definition:-
European fuel surcharge

British Airways applies a fuel surcharge.

This charge is based on flight duration and applies to all passengers, including children and infants travelling on British Airways operated international and domestic services.
"based on the flight duration", seems a bit of a mis-direction, at the very least. Or is the route out of Dub just benefiting from a fuel surcharge mis-calc ?

Strangely, flying in the opposite direction, there is only a few quid between the two routes fuel surcharge.

Last edited by tangey; Sep 8, 2015 at 12:05 pm Reason: changed DBX to DXB
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