Thread: AA surcharges

I didn't think that we payed a fuel surcharge on ZED fares.

Hei,

Since ZED is a Zonal stand-by ticket no airline can apply surcharge for fuel.

Best,

CX shoult not be collecting any surcharge imposed by an airline to ZED tickets (only airport/government imposed taxes/fees/charges can be collected on ZED tickets).

A Q surcharge is applicable on tickets where the fares have been filed that will quote the ZED fare with a Q surcharge.
HKG is one example and a Q is designated as a surcharge - regardless of it's purpose.

Most carriers - not all, collect their fuel surcharge via the tax codes YQ/YR.
These are not taxes, they are surcharges, as such, they are not billable via the IATA clearing house.
I would imagine that given the current situation airlines find themselves in, will be subject to change.

What an airline chooses to do upon check in, is another matter.

I am aware that Air India has collected the fuel surcharge from colleagues via MCO before allowing them to board from India.

No, AA will not "ping" you at check-in. The only time AA will collect money at check-in is if any government/airport imposed tax/fee/charge (TFC) is not collected and shown on the ticket.

Q/YQ/YR are fees imposed by the transporting airline. YQ/YR generally only apply when the ticket is validated on the ticket stock of the transporting airline (say AA/001 ticket for travel on AA). Unless there is a bilateral agreement between two airlines, the YQ/YR cannot be billed by the transporting airline to the ticketing airline (say, MX/132 ticket for travel on AF, AF cannot bill MX for a YQ, even if one was collected).

Q, on the other hand, is a charge filed within a fare. Until recently ZED fares were not filed, they were generally manually priced or priced against a ticket designator. So a Q charge could not apply since there was no filed fare involved. The ZED agreement specifically states that carriers cannot collect a TFC if it is not one remitted to a government or airport authority. So, when ZED fares are fully filed, the fare rule cannot contain a Q.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ItalGreco @ Sep 9 2008, 12:14 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

What an airline chooses to do upon check in, is another matter.

I am aware that Air India has collected the fuel surcharge from colleagues via MCO before allowing them to board from India.[/b]

Per the ZED agreement, airlines may not collect a Q/YQ/YR or other self-imposed charge upon check-in. Again, the ZED agreement specifically prohibits this. If you, or anyone you know, have been charged a TFC (other than those remitted to a government or airport authority) report it to your staff travel office. ZED has sucessfully stopped a couple of carriers from this practice, but only after it was reported by staff.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (AA ZED @ Sep 11 2008, 07:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

Per the ZED agreement, airlines may not collect a Q/YQ/YR or other self-imposed charge upon check-in. Again, the ZED agreement specifically prohibits this. If you, or anyone you know, have been charged a TFC (other than those remitted to a government or airport authority) report it to your staff travel office. ZED has sucessfully stopped a couple of carriers from this practice, but only after it was reported by staff.[/b]

The employee in question was advised to approach Air India with the jacket of the MCO which AI issued.
We do not have a ZED with AI, so there is nothing in place to take it further via our Interline Department.