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Old Jun 13, 2019, 2:22 pm
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Originally Posted by tajee165


I believe Australia has really strong regulations on YQ and in my searches, my surcharge wasn’t limited to $15. Having a stopover in Australia should eliminate YQ on the return leg so I’m assuming $900 YQ was all on the YVR-MEL leg?
This is very suspicious as YVR-MEL only has $25 in YQ, and TPE-YVR is only $51.
If you buy a multicity YVR-MEL,TPE-YVR ticket - YQ is only $50

So one has to wonder where $795 is coming from.

Quite the scam AC has going (and they cant use the "passed on to operating carrier" nonsense here)
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