Oil price at 4 year low but still V high fuel surcharges
Jan 7, 2015, 11:46 am
#256
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If their customers are still happy to pay those then, however unjustified, they'll keep lumping them on.
Jan 7, 2015, 11:47 am
#258
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I'm probably being too binary.....
Jan 7, 2015, 11:56 am
#262
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Not really wanting to hijack this thread to make a general point, however this thread is becoming typical of the type of threads on here. If BA is so bad with surcharges, poor customer service, food, seats, dirty aircraft, no luggage space and poor on time performance (except from BOM 
), how does it ever make any money? Surely everone should be flying with other airlines unless they are completely mad.
), how does it ever make any money? Surely everone should be flying with other airlines unless they are completely mad.
Jan 7, 2015, 11:57 am
#263
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Whatever BA want it to be for. At the end of the day I pay a single price for a ticket. I couldn't care less how BA want to break it down internally. If I find another price elsewhere I may go with that - again I couldn't care less how the other carrier wants to split the cost of the ticket.
Jan 7, 2015, 11:58 am
#264
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RYANAIR HALF YEAR PROFITS RISE 32% TO €795M
03 Nov 2014
FULL YEAR TRAFFIC & PROFIT GUIDANCE RAISED
Ryanair Europe’s favourite low fares airline today (3 Nov) announced that H1 Net Profit rose by 32% to €795m. Traffic grew 4% to 51.3m customers, ave. fares increased 5%, and total revenues rose by 9% to €3,537m. Unit costs fell by 2% (excluding fuel they rose by 3%). H1 load factors jumped by 4% points to 89%, due to a stronger Easter period and the success of Ryanair’s “Always Getting Better” customer experience improvements.
- See more at: http://corporate.ryanair.com/news/ne....wxANDjGF.dpuf
03 Nov 2014
FULL YEAR TRAFFIC & PROFIT GUIDANCE RAISED
Ryanair Europe’s favourite low fares airline today (3 Nov) announced that H1 Net Profit rose by 32% to €795m. Traffic grew 4% to 51.3m customers, ave. fares increased 5%, and total revenues rose by 9% to €3,537m. Unit costs fell by 2% (excluding fuel they rose by 3%). H1 load factors jumped by 4% points to 89%, due to a stronger Easter period and the success of Ryanair’s “Always Getting Better” customer experience improvements.
- See more at: http://corporate.ryanair.com/news/ne....wxANDjGF.dpuf
Jan 7, 2015, 12:01 pm
#265
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Whatever BA want it to be for. At the end of the day I pay a single price for a ticket. I couldn't care less how BA want to break it down internally. If I find another price elsewhere I may go with that - again I couldn't care less how the other carrier wants to split the cost of the ticket.
Jan 7, 2015, 12:02 pm
#266
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BA are not buying $50 fuel yet. The fuel they are presently using was purchased at an agreed price months ago. And it's not $50 once it's been refined and the government has piled on the tax either.
Oh and the surcharge is not (officially) a fuel surcharge; it is a carrier imposed surcharge (or something).
Oh and the surcharge is not (officially) a fuel surcharge; it is a carrier imposed surcharge (or something).
Jan 7, 2015, 12:02 pm
#267
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I don't see the problem; there are no hidden fees or add-ons. You look for a flight on a certain date - choose the outbound that suits time / price wise, then pick a return that also suits. If the price doesn't, you don't need to book. The final price is shown. The breakdown is immaterial - the final price is still what was advertised.
Jan 7, 2015, 12:07 pm
#268
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None of us are special to BA, just a means to an end.
Jan 7, 2015, 12:13 pm
#269
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I will agree that BA redemptions have generally not been free in that there was still tax ( I do remember paying around GBP45 in taxes for a return flight on Concorde ) , but they were free in having no fare component
Jan 7, 2015, 12:14 pm
#270
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I saw today that QR will be cutting their fuel surcharge - so hopefully this will lead others to follow.
http://dohanews.co/al-baker-qatar-ai...rline-tickets/
http://dohanews.co/al-baker-qatar-ai...rline-tickets/