November 11th, 2008

NO Fuel Surcharge

Posted by vampire at 06:57 PM on November 11, 2008.

Hey, you people must be pretty excited that from today onwards, AirAsia does not charge for fuel surcharge!  That's right, NO FUEL SURCHARGE.  I was waiting for this to happen after the sharp drop in oil price (From $150 to $60+, which is a drop of more than half).

But... knowing AirAsia, there must be something behind their strategy.  Let's take one example route.  Since I have been monitoring PG-KCH-PG route for my CNY balik kampung trip, let's use this.

Before (With Fuel Surcharge):

PG-KCH:  (Friday afternoon flight)

• Air Ticket:  Steady at RM360
• Fuel Surcharge:  RM50
• Admin Fee, etc: RM31.50

KCH-PG: (Monday nite flight)

• Air Ticket:  Around RM250
• Fuel Surcharge:  RM50
• Admin Fee, etc: RM31.50

Total:  RM773

After (Without Fuel Surcharge):

PG-KCH:  (Friday afternoon flight)

• Air Ticket:  Steady at RM430
• Fuel Surcharge:  RM0
• Admin Fee, etc: RM31.50

KCH-PG: (Monday nite flight)

• Air Ticket:  Around RM308
• Fuel Surcharge:  RM0
• Admin Fee, etc: RM31.50

Total:  RM801

So, you remove the fuel surcharge of RM50, but add RM60 to the air ticket!  Yeah, very clever of you to deceive the unknowing people to pay more instead!

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