Originally Posted by
Transpacificflyer
Note that you were mostly correct. As per the Civil Aviation Act Article 55;
Civil air transport enterprise shall notify MOTC through CAA regarding its tariffs for passengers and cargo on international scheduled air routes. For those tariffs on domestic scheduled air routes, shall notify MOTC through CAA to approve the ceiling and bottom tariffs. The same procedure applies in the event of rate changes.
Rules governing the utilization of tariffs, preferential proposals, application procedures for approval, effective day and any other relevant matters shall all be formulated by MOTC. (Ministry of Transportation and Communication)
I mention the above because the MOTC relies on the tariff when there are disputes. This then brings us back full circle to CAA because the CAA has to approve the tariff. The question is, does the service charge get included in the tariff? Although at the end of the day, I expect BR is expecting us to just accept the charge since it is so small. In fairness, it is reasonable because they have to provide a service and the sale is what covers the cost.
The CAA only approves the domestic tariff because the domestic fares are still regulated (there are set prices and days that airlines are allowed to increase such as CNY etc.)
International fees only require notification. BR doesn't sell any domestic fares. Only B7 does.