Originally Posted by
soitgoes
That's what it is. DL is now assessing fuel surcharges on top of *some* award tickets (at least those with AF flight segments) that originate in Europe.
For revenue tickets, you shouldn't just compare the "taxes/fees" amounts but the total cost amounts. If NW has a 400€ fare with 100€ taxes and DL has a 250€ fare with 250€ taxes and surcharges, there really isn't a difference in end effect.
I specifically asked if these were fuel surcharges and was told that they were not. Also, none of these routings involved AF operated flights (although two flights on one routing were AF codeshares operated by TAROM) only one routing involved travel through France. Curiously the NW routing with the lower tax DID involve an AF flight and travel through France.
Again, the paid flights I looked at had slightly higher fares combined with MUCH higher taxes, the all-in prices were not in the same ballpark.