BA to increase Fuel Fines based on class of travel.

[Mal]

(Originally posted at Flyertalk!)

New Fuel Surcharges for sales in the UK
All charges shown are per sector.
Return charge is double eg GBP 16.00 (GBP 32.00 for a return)

Shorthaul & Domestic
Economy: GBP 16.00
Club Europe: GBP 20.00

Longhaul under 9 hours
Economy: GBP 78.00
WT Plus: GBP 88.00
Club World & First: GBP 98.00

Longhaul 9 hours and over
Economy: GBP 109.00 (except to Australia which is GBP 129.50)
WT Plus: GBP 121.00 (except to Australia which is GBP 141.50)
Club World & First: GBP 133.99 (except to Australia which is GBP 153.50)



New Fuel Surcharges for sales in most other countries
All charges shown are per sector.
Return charge is double eg USD31.00 (USD62.00 for a return)

Shorthaul & Domestic
Economy: USD 31.00 EUR 24.00
Club Europe: USD 39.00 EUR 29.00

Longhaul under 9 hours
Economy: USD1 47.00 EUR 99.50
WT Plus: USD 167.00 EUR 112.00
Club World & First: USD 187.00 EUR 125.00

Longhaul 9 hours and over
Economy: USD 209.00 EUR 140.50
WT Plus: USD 233.00 EUR 156.00
Club World & First: USD 257.00 EUR 171.00



Insurance & Security surcharge
Add the following to the Fuel Surcharge to get the full YQ level.
UK: GBP 2.50
Europe: EUR 3.00
USA: USD 4.00
Most other countries: USD 4.00

Longhaul routes under 9 hours
MAN - JFK
SYD - BKK/SIN
LON and
AUH/BAH/CAI/DOH/DXB/KWI/MCT/TLV (Middle East)
ABV/ACC/EBB/LAD/LOS/NBO (Africa)
ATL/BDA/BOS/BWI/DTW/EWR/IAD/JFK/OED/PHL/YUL/YYZ (N America & Bermuda)

Changes start today.... Sounds like opportunistic pricing to me.

 

[dot]

I wonder why Australian 9+ hr long hauls attract an additional 20 quid over other 9+ hr destinations - I am presuming these are applied per sector, so LHR-SYD in J would attract 133.99 for LHR-SIN and 153.99 for SIN-SYD... no, that cant be right - SIN-SYD is less than 9 hrs. It must be applied only once for LHR-SYD so the extra 20 covers the second sector of the flight I guess.

Oh well, I've answered my own question :shock:

 

[aus_flyer]

Those fuel fines are just vicious.... seriously... nearly 300 AUD for some flights? That is a joke!

 

[Chook legs]

Does the person sitting up the front of the plane use more fuel then the ones down the back????

 

[simongr]

Does the person sitting up the front of the plane use more fuel then the ones down the back????

One could argue that the amount of aircraft that the person at the front of the aircraft is being transported on is a greater proportion of the aircraft than down the back. This more of the fuel is being used to fly that person thus a higher fuel surcharge.

 

[docjames]

One could argue that airlines should stop this whole surcharge thing and just list full prices.

 

[simongr]

I was thinking more of reality than fantasy

 

[dajop]

One could argue that the amount of aircraft that the person at the front of the aircraft is being transported on is a greater proportion of the aircraft than down the back. This more of the fuel is being used to fly that person thus a higher fuel surcharge.

Not to mention extra luggage allowances ...... (although my observations would indicate those up the front actually usually travel with less luggage than most up the back)

 

[straitman]

Not to mention extra luggage allowances ...... (although my observations would indicate those up the front actually usually travel with less luggage than most up the back)

My wife sees the extra allowance as an opportunity for me to carry extra luggage for her.