MAS Enrich surcharges

[Bluedog]

I have booked return FF with MAS Melb to Rome but have been hit with $1000.00 surcharges, is this for real??

 

[oz_mark]

By my reckoning $1073.42.

YQ is the largest portion

AU Australia: Australian Passenger Movement Charge AUD 47.00
WG Australia: Safety and Security Charge AUD 6.22
WY Australia: International Passenger Service Charge AUD 26.10
EX Italy: Security Bag Charge AUD 3.50
HB Italy: City Council Tax AUD 4.20
IT Italy: International Embarkation Tax AUD 12.40
VT Italy: Security Charge AUD 3.10
MY Malaysia: Passenger Service Charge AUD 16.50
YQ Surcharge AUD 954.40

 

[Evan]

Ouch !!!!
Thats a lot of YQ. is MH attempting to compete with JL
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[Bluedog]

Unfortunately its a $1073.42 x 4 tickets. Are these charges within the bounds of fair trade? Or can they charge whatever they like? Does the ACCC have any control over these excessive fuel levies?
Not sure of the exact figures so Im only guessing but the extra charge in fuel cannot be anywhere these charges??

 

[clifford]

Wow, I'm glad I'm with UA, which currently does not add any fuel surcharges to award bookings (this may change, of course).

I personally wouldn't pay such exhorbitant "fees" and would rather just pay for the tix and use my FF points for something less expensive. Otherwise, I would feel I was being ripped off.

On a related issue, I had enough Virgin Blue FF points for an award ticket on MAS, but I'm glad I decided to use the points for domestic travel instead. Makes the $44 fees on DJ look pretty good for my MEL-BNE-PER award booking.

 

[oz_mark]

Fuel surcharges on MAS rose quite substantially at the end of June:

See:
http://www.etravelblackboard.com/showarticle.asp?id=79377&nav=72&suc=&cid=&email=&news=

example:

"For instance, the earlier surcharge of RM600 one-way for the long haul Kuala Lumpur/London sector is now revised to RM736. Similarly, for the Kuala Lumpur/Sydney route, it is now RM608 from RM422," he said.

International travel involving connections via a flight transfer point has also increased between 46 and 60 per cent. A journey from London to Sydney via Kuala Lumpur will now incur a 46 per cent higher fuel surcharge to RM1,313.

Drat: The report on etravelblackboard seems to have vanidhed in the last few minutes. Oh well, here is one from Reuters: http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idUSKLR16351820080627

 

[Keith009]

MH has one of the highest surcharges in the industry I think (haven't looked at JAL but i'm assured you get clobbered there as well). A friend just issued SGN-KUL-SYD return with base fare of USD1061 and +++s came up to USD634.30 (YQ came up to USD512). That's more than 60% of base fare...:shock:

 

[brissyflyer]

Saw in a list of flight specials flights with MH from Perth Fare $699 + Taxes $1031.

I have a booking in August/September with MH and taxes when I booked in early May were about $750, that is a huge jump.

 

[JohnK]

Ouch !!!!
Thats a lot of YQ. is MH attempting to compete with JL

How long before other airlines follow suit. I think we need to get used to the idea of $1,000+ surcharges....

 

[oz_mark]

How long before other airlines follow suit. I think we need to get used to the idea of $1,000+ surcharges....

Not that the airlines will dare mention it, but oil prices have fallen in the last fortnight, although it did go back up over $125 per barrel today.

 

[JohnK]

Not that the airlines will dare mention it, but oil prices have fallen in the last fortnight, although it did go back up over $125 per barrel today.

Why would they mention it? If oil fell below US$100/barrel more than likely fuel surcharges will remain at current levels, or very minor reductions, and then when oil increases back to US$125/barrel the airlines cry poor and increase fuel surcharges to even higher levels.