Originally Posted by
alect
YQ is usually an airline surcharge. Q is another airline one I am guessing. Which airline is this with?
Thanks for the reply. This is on THAI Airways, for a round trip itinerary on the nonstop JFK>BKK>JFK routing.
That is a nice link you provided, although a couple of taxes appear to need to be updated.
Anyway, it appears that NW is only charging the YC, XA, XY, and AY taxes on their award trips. I can book an award trip on NW to BKK, connecting through Tokyo Narita, and the charge for taxes is $19.50.
Looking up the codes for THAI, it is confusing because the listing for
YQ is
Fuel/War Insurance Surcharge of $70.00/sector for Intercontinental trips. But then, the
Q code also states
Fuel Surcharge and goes on to say:
PER SECTOR
BTWN BKK-LAX/NYC VV EXCEPT BTWN BKK-LAX WHEN STOPOVER IS TAKEN IN OSA
The
Q code is not used on any other routes besides the BKK-North America nonstops.
So the part I'm confused about is that it appears I am getting hit with two separate fuel surcharges of $70 and $40 for each sector, totaling $220.
Anybody know what other airline policies are regarding fuel surcharges on Award travel? It appears THAI does charge them, and Northwest does not.