Fuel surcharge on DL metal now on US departures
May 10, 2018, 8:57 am
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Those are Aeroflot YQ fees. They're known to have high YQ. Just like BA in OW. Airlines normally charge YQ for awards on partner metal if the partner requires them.
May 10, 2018, 9:11 am
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AA’s YQ fees for flying BA on AA mileage tickets are there as AA wants the YQ because the YQ money Is AA’s money, even as their TATL JV racket share; but that doesn’t apply to the DL-Aeroflot relationship in this case. This is DL’s YQ on SkyMiles tickets with Aeroflot flights.
May 10, 2018, 9:20 am
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May 10, 2018, 12:47 pm
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..and it's a moot point anyway, as the SU awards shown are all phantom availability and not really bookable anyway (will error out when trying to pay and ticket it).
May 10, 2018, 12:50 pm
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May 10, 2018, 1:12 pm
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Again, that is just how it appears, that the ticketing airline keeps the YR/YQ, since it is not always consistently charged by all for the very same airlines/flights.
May 10, 2018, 1:50 pm
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No.
On tickets using AA miles for itineraries that include BA flights, AA charges the YQ for those BA flights. The AA-charged YQ on AA-issued award tickets are AA’s money and add directly to AA’s revenue and ultimately its profits.
That AA later splits the AA-charged YQ for AA-issued award tickets with other airlines due to its governmentally-backed, revenue-sharing TATL JV doesn’t mean that BA charges the YQ to AA and/or AA customers for AA-issued mileage tickets. It’s AA that charges for, and directly benefits from, the YQ for those flights.
On tickets using AA miles for itineraries that include BA flights, AA charges the YQ for those BA flights. The AA-charged YQ on AA-issued award tickets are AA’s money and add directly to AA’s revenue and ultimately its profits.
That AA later splits the AA-charged YQ for AA-issued award tickets with other airlines due to its governmentally-backed, revenue-sharing TATL JV doesn’t mean that BA charges the YQ to AA and/or AA customers for AA-issued mileage tickets. It’s AA that charges for, and directly benefits from, the YQ for those flights.
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May 10, 2018, 2:02 pm
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It’s not alliance-level. It’s bilateral-level, except whereby the parties are more than two and part of a government-backed, competition-immunized, revenue-sharing JV allowed the waiver and favor to collude against consumers in pricing terms too.
May 10, 2018, 2:04 pm
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May 10, 2018, 3:11 pm
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SU awards, however, have been completely blocked out / blacked out for a while now.