Oil price at 4 year low but still V high fuel surcharges

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Oct 18, 2014, 7:10 am

#91

Paralytic

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Originally Posted by hyho61

Now that oil prices are plunging, is it possible that BA might cut the avios fuel surcharge. What is their basis for the surcharge anyway $20/barrel ??

If they continue to charge fuel surcharges then for sure avios travel is just another low fare revenue ticket

Please keep up, BA has no such thing as a fuel surcharge. It is a carrier surcharge.

If any previous BA marketing material suggested the carrier surcharge was in any way linked to fuel prices, then it was just a big misunderstanding or a mistake by a someone junior in the marketing department.

Oct 18, 2014, 7:16 am

#92

rrgg

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If you redeem a discount code such as the shareholder discount, does BA exclude the YQ from the discount since it's not a fare?

Oct 18, 2014, 7:20 am

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Originally Posted by hyho61

Now that oil prices are plunging, is it possible that BA might cut the avios fuel surcharge. What is their basis for the surcharge anyway $20/barrel ??

Have you noticed any other carrier cut revenue fare prices?

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Originally Posted by rrgg

If you redeem a discount code such as the shareholder discount, does BA exclude the YQ from the discount since it's not a fare?

Generally yes.

Oct 20, 2014, 12:37 am

#94

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IATA confirms that jet fuel prices dropped almost 16% during the course of the year:

http://www.iata.org/publications/eco...-analysis.aspx

Is there any chance that BA follow course and drop their fuel surcharges, which is mostly attributed to the increase cost of fuel (as they keep on claiming)?

Oct 20, 2014, 2:18 am

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Have you read any of this thread?

Why would a drop in fuel prices or for that matter a reduction in any other cost BA faces mean they would lower prices?

Oct 20, 2014, 3:10 am

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Originally Posted by nux

Have you read any of this thread?

Why would a drop in fuel prices or for that matter a reduction in any other cost BA faces mean they would lower prices?

Invisible hand of the market of course! Capitalism FTW!

Nov 4, 2014, 12:30 pm

#97

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Fuel surcharges ---- will they now drop?

With crude oil prices plummeting, down nearly 30% since the beginning of August, I wonder if the revenue management team have any plans to lower the very, very high current YQ surcharges.