SAS has informed travel agents that they plan to add a $250 round trip additional fule surcharge on transatlantic tickets starting 3/15. Other airlines will probably follow suit. If you haven't booked a summer flight yet, now would be a good time to do it to avoid a nasty surprise.
Posted by
Freedonia
15013 posts
This was taken from the "European Headlines for Travelers" page on this website:
Fuel Surcharges Go Up at Several Airlines
March 10 — Citing the rising cost of jet fuel, British Airlines has increased its fuel surcharge to £128 ($256 USD) for long-haul flights of nine hours or more. Lufthansa is increasing its fuel surcharge to €17 ($26) for flights within Germany and Europe, but so far has left its international surcharge unchanged at €77 ($118). United Airlines and Delta Air Lines increased their domestic fuel surcharges last week by up to $10 round-trip, bringing their total fuel surcharges to about $50 round-trip on some flights.
Posted by
Knoxville, TN, USA
7209 posts
Could you please let us know where you got this information?
Posted by
OP
Seattle, USA
990 posts
My travel agent called me this morning. Right now it is only SAS, but in the past, other carriers have matched fuel surcharges. It is possible that others will not, of course. I just thought that this might be helpful information to those on the list to consider.
Posted by
Niagara Wine Country, Canada
808 posts
The Canadian based Airlines will soon follow suit. Stay tuned...
I'm especially concerned about Air Transat. They've invested multi-millions in the US Mortgage Industry. They lost something like 14 million or so in just the first quarter of 2008. Add to that the high cost of feul...Could be bad news for them.