Chances of Qantas reducing fuel surcharges?

[serfty]

Good question!

The reality is that this situation reinforces the case for booking xONEx's via AA - avoiding Qantas reservations if at all possible.

 

[dajop]

How can the fuel surcharges be more expensive when QF recently reduced the fuel surcharges for domestic and international flights?

After thinking about this some more, probably to do with Hongkong, which I passed through twice on the ticket. IIRC HKG surcharges are regulated (in USD terms), and that may also explains SQ's hefty increase.

Whatever the case, I feel like I would have been ripped off had i made the changes, as I'd already taken the flights (I am now sticking to original flight - and doing the other as a separate trip - on DJ just to make me feel better ). And also serfty has sound advice, stick to AA when ticketing a xONEx's as then you avoid the whole fuel surcharge debacle.

 

[tuapekastar]

After thinking about this some more, probably to do with Hongkong, which I passed through twice on the ticket. IIRC HKG surcharges are regulated (in USD terms), and that may also explains SQ's hefty increase.

Mirrors a friend of mine's current experience - an award ticket MEL-HKG-MEL redeemed around March/April had ~AUD230 in taxes/surcharges. Another one redeemed today (she ended up only redeeming one-way - though it was MEL-PER-HKG - at this stage for t&s of ~AUD248) would have ~AUD424 in t & s - a hefty jump.