<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Doppy:
This is basically a zero sum game.
Either the airlines can add all of these fees and taxes on to tickets at the end of the transaction, or they can just jack up fares to cover the costs.
There's no way the airlines can keep fares the same and just eat the $50-150 in fees and taxes - they just can't afford to do it, and there's no way they will.
You might try lobbying the government and local airports to lower their fees and taxes, but again, they need the money and will have to get it one way or another.
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Well not exactly true. If they included all those fees in the fare, then the award ticket would truly be FREE. As it stands, you have to pay those fees on award tickets. I will have to pay $46 a ticket for "free" CO tix EWR-SCL. I did the same trip in 1999 and it truly was free. I dont know where all these came from. I know there is a $10 9/11 fee, but how did they get to $46?
[This message has been edited by quinella66 (edited 06-19-2002).]