I searched AC FT for a generic thread on Air Canada's "Surcharges" and "Carrier Surcharges". Threads that had the word "surcharge" in the title turned out to be questions related to Aeroplan tickets. (There are a number of threads that showed up in the search but the thread titles were things like the "complaints" thread)

NOTE: Should anyone want to post questions related to AC's Surcharges, I kept the thread title generic so it can be searched and other questions added.
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So....

I noticed that "Carrier Surcharges" have increased on HKG tickets over the past 14 months. "Surcharges" have remained mostly the same.

I also notice that some numbers are missing from the AC Detailed Summary page when in the process of buying the ticket (on AC.com). Since I take screen shots, I can go back and compare the pages from the booking process as well as the tickets that were issued for those bookings.


I put together a small chart with dates of months where I flew and in some months, there were multiple trips. Since the numbers matched on those multiple tickets in those specific months, I did not list them separately.

Things that seem strange:

1. For the AC ticket in July 2016, on both the screen shot summary and the ticket, there is only a single line showing $108.12 under "surcharges". Even if it would include both categories, that amount is very high. I had a CX ticket from a week prior that month, and their "Carrier Surcharge" was $37.60.

So what type of accounting produced $108.12?

2. As you can see, "Carrier Surcharges" are missing on the chart for September 2016 (there were multiple trips).

Did AC not charge them, or did they blend them in to the Base Fare?


3. Looking at tickets for June 2017, I see the "Surcharge" is within range, but the "Carrier Surcharge" has increased quite a bit.

Not wanting to blame AC for this until I went looking, I checked CX and AA on routes YYZ-HKG (AA via DFW). They are all showing the $82.60 "Carrier Surcharge", so I assumed it's related to HKG. (CX website had a page on these surcharges, detailed by destination).

Since this is my own make-work project because the different numbers caught my attention, does anyone know why the AC numbers either show, don't show, or are missing?

Thanks.

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