Asiana fuel surcharges?
Jun 12, 2018, 6:25 am
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Asiana fuel surcharges?
Like a number of other FTers, I've been interested/annoyed by the absence of any Asiana availability through Aeroplan in the 2019 calender. There have been a couple of threads on this. So it looks like Asiana is now back. There is loads of availability. But when I went to price out a business class flight JFK-ICN-SYD it hung $900 in fuel surcharges on the ticket. I've never seen this before with Asiana, which used to be one of the few Aeroplan partners with no YQ. Is it a new normal? Policy change? Have others had similar/different experiences?
Jun 12, 2018, 7:04 am
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Like a number of other FTers, I've been interested/annoyed by the absence of any Asiana availability through Aeroplan in the 2019 calender. There have been a couple of threads on this. So it looks like Asiana is now back. There is loads of availability. But when I went to price out a business class flight JFK-ICN-SYD it hung $900 in fuel surcharges on the ticket. I've never seen this before with Asiana, which used to be one of the few Aeroplan partners with no YQ. Is it a new normal? Policy change? Have others had similar/different experiences?
But I was curious about your route. I picked a random date in Feb 2019, in Business.
Others here will have more insight, but I thought this was interesting.
Look at JFK-ICN-SYD vs ICN-SYD
Jun 12, 2018, 7:43 am
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I've always been curious about OZ (gotta say it's the LOST factor), and almost booked it for a trip to Asia, but went with ANA and JL instead so I could compare the F suite in the Japanese carriers.
I did not expect OZ to have a much higher YQ than NH. If that's how high the YQ is, I probably won't book it for my next trip using AP.
Jun 12, 2018, 7:46 am
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So JFK-ICN carries the bulk of YQ? Any idea why?
I've always been curious about OZ (gotta say it's the LOST factor), and almost booked it for a trip to Asia, but went with ANA and JL instead so I could compare the F suite in the Japanese carriers.
I did not expect OZ to have a much higher YQ than NH. If that's how high the YQ is, I probably won't book it for my next trip using AP.
I've always been curious about OZ (gotta say it's the LOST factor), and almost booked it for a trip to Asia, but went with ANA and JL instead so I could compare the F suite in the Japanese carriers.
I did not expect OZ to have a much higher YQ than NH. If that's how high the YQ is, I probably won't book it for my next trip using AP.
Jun 12, 2018, 8:05 am
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It is interesting to note the discrepancy between the February 2019 route that you searched for and the January 2019 one that I ran -- ~$400 vs. ~$900. So the fuel surcharges seem pretty variable depending on time, and apparently also on place (leaving ex/JFK versus other points).
Jun 12, 2018, 8:06 am
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It is interesting to note the discrepancy between the February 2019 route that you searched for and the January 2019 one that I ran -- ~$400 vs. ~$900. So the fuel surcharges seem pretty variable depending on time, and apparently also on place (leaving ex/JFK versus other points).
Jun 12, 2018, 10:36 am
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Which routes do you usually fly? I have enough Aeroplan that I'm willing to burn them to just fly a good F on OZ if YQ isn't bad. How would you compare OZ to NH or JL in terms of F products and services?