Originally Posted by
agjil
I searched for some more flights on Aeroplan.com, and it looks like the $7.50 NAV Canada charge is not charged on market fare flight rewards.
It seems this strange fee is only charged on fixed mileage flight rewards...how confusing.
Market fare is simply different. There's also no fuel surcharge applicable sometimes. But sometimes it does apply. It depends on the route and fare.
Originally Posted by
Plumber
Thank you
Adam Smith for the clarification and the details. I have looked at the calculator and I guess the airlines have determined (rightfully or wrongly) that the average is $7.50. To your point in the other post, the airlines may get substaintail discounts from NAV CANADA and thus may have determined that the average is only $3 and are pocketing the other $4.50.
I suspect that when NAVCAN was first privatized, they came up with an estimate of what they thought the average was going to be, decided to all charge the same thing, and have stuck with it. I suspect their true cost is lower, although I doubt it's as dramatic as $3 vs $7.50.
Either way, it's just yet another little F-U from the industry to customers, making us pay it on award tickets, excluding it from discount codes, etc. Not nearly as big a scam as YQ, but even more dishonest.