Originally Posted by LXboy
I recently booked a fligt from ZRH to MIA. I was wondering why no fuel surcharge has been added. I thouhgt maybe the fare includes the surcharge. But as your example shows, it's not like that. Maybe LX ist trying to bring customers to swiss.com for bookings. Or unbelievable: it's even a mistake
In my opinion, it shouldn't be allowed to not include surcharges. Fuel is an important factor. If fuel price increases, carriers have to lift up their prices, which is a basic rule in economy. If I own a restaurant and meat gets more expensive, I need to change my prices. I can't advertise with the old prices, and write on the bottom of the menu:
Prices do not include meat surcharge.
Assuming that airlines have a lot of lawyers and experts, why are they entitled to act like that? I would enforce a gross price policy, which avoids this fraud.