Air travel is getting harder. I really wish Qantas would bite the bullet and include the fuel costs in the tickets; even if they do have to increase the award levels. :evil:

When the Fuel Surcharges were first introduced Qantas had their Hedging in Place so they were somewhat less than they may have been. The benefits of this would by just about finished by now.

These increases are a departure from the Three Tiered International setup they had:

i.e. Tasman/HKG/<All others> levies of $56, $47(?) & $98 respectively; the new levies relate a lot more to distance; so in reality the changes are not that great.

If you tend to travel mainly to Asia, it's a 16% increase; Europe - 86%.

BTW, I reckon it's a bit glib comparing the cost for a journey on one 'flight' Oz-Eur against a journey broken with a stopover/transit in Asia!