Originally Posted by
coolfish1103
BR is doing everything they can to get money and I won't be surprised how low they will go. CI may follow suit if people don't complain and give in just like those ridiculous fees for changes and cancellations BR implemented in March 2019, in which CI recently (effective 7/2) just copied.
HKG fare is not touched as Hong Kong authority does not allow you to collect such fee (YQ use to be the case too but HKG finally dropped it in November 2018). Unfortunately, CAA of Taiwan is useless and will do nothing about this.
It's hilarious a full service airline is charging such a fee. It's like we go to a full serviced restaurant and if we order via iPad we get charged for a meal booking fee.
The CAA could care less about these fees. Their responsibility is the safety and security of flights operating within the national airspace system, not the YQ and YR charges airlines have on their tickets. This would be the same thing as asking the FAA to regulate fees US-based airlines charge.