A Profit Surcharge
 

A Profit Surcharge

When the price of jet fuel took off two years ago, the nation's air carriers
imposed a controversial surcharge of up to $40 per roundtrip ticket to cover
rising costs. Now petroleum prices are plummeting - a gallon of jet fuel
costs about 55 cents, compared with 85 cents a year ago - but the energy
surcharge is, by and large, still there. The airlines ought to tell us what
the money is being used for, says Christopher Elliott. (Elliott.org)

http://www.elliott.org/vault/oped/2002/charge.htm

I guess the money is for staying alive?

They need to collect the fee to pay the salaries of the people who collect the fee.

How about a rebate for all the fuel the airlines save due to reduced weight. On domestic flights, all that food they no longer serve had to weigh a lot! http://www.flyertalk.com/travel/fttr...m/rolleyes.gif

This sounds like a joke, but there is often a lot of truth in statements like this.

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