Fuel surcharge fees
In July 2008, I bought 2 airline tickets to New Zealand/Australia from Air Pacific with departure and return dates in Mar 2009. Air Pacific charged $208 per ticket for fuel surcharge (code YQ listed on ticket). The fuel surcharge made sense at the time of my purchase since a barrel of crude oil was over $100 last summer. Earlier this week, I contacted Air Pacific to make inquiry about their fuel surcharge refund policy. I was told that there is no refund procedure at this time. Furthermore, my travel agent has indicated that Air Pacific still continues to include fuel surcharge fees when new airline tickets are issused.
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