Surchargs Are They Just an Excuse for Airlines to Rip Us Off? [Pounds] ; the Crafty Travellerfred Mawer Unravels the Complex Web of Fees Being Used to Squeeze Ever More Cash From Customers

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A VARIETY of surcharges on flights and holidays have been making the headlines in the past few weeks.

But what exactly do they all really mean? The soaring price of oil has resulted in British Airways and Virgin Atlantic, among others, announcing hefty rises in fuel surcharges to help cover rapidly escalating fuel bills.

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Surchargs Are They Just an Excuse for Airlines to Rip Us Off? [Pounds] ; the Crafty Travellerfred Mawer Unravels the Complex Web of Fees Being Used to Squeeze Ever More Cash From Customers

Take British Airways. It recently increased its fuel surcharges from [pounds]26 to [pounds]32 return on short-haul flights, from [pounds]126 to [pounds]156 on medium-haul flights, and from [pounds]158 to [pounds]218 on flights of more than nine hours. BA...

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