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Aer Lingus Fuel Surcharge

  • 16-12-2014 4:17pm
    #1
    adzer2
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭


    Hi,
    I went looking for flights to Canada a few days ago and seen how expensive they are, looking at the price breakdown I found that Aer Lingus are still charging a Fuel Surcharge on long haul flights??? When Oil is at the cheapest it has been for a long time, how can Aer Lingus justify this complete rip-off of its customers?


Comments

  • #2
    b757
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,370 ✭✭✭b757


    Fuel is hedged well in advance, will take a few months for the prices to come down.


  • #3
    adzer2
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭adzer2


    Well its been 6 months since the Oil prices have started to come down, but yet the fuel surcharge remains, not a mention of changing that situation anywhere


  • #4
    hfallada
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,180 ✭✭✭hfallada


    adzer2 wrote: »
    Well its been 6 months since the Oil prices have started to come down, but yet the fuel surcharge remains, not a mention of changing that situation anywhere

    It's only been a few months that they have been seriously low. I remember Ryanair hedged their oil at $120 a barrell for a long period of time. But the market price was about $70 a barrel half way through the contract


  • #5
    smurfjed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,272 ✭✭✭✭smurfjed


    Then surely thats the airlines problem and not mine? If they want to hedge and it goes wrong, why should the customer have to pay? Especially when they are charging fuel surcharges in the first place?


  • #6
    jaymcg91
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,015 ✭✭✭jaymcg91


    smurfjed wrote: »
    Then surely thats the airlines problem and not mine? If they want to hedge and it goes wrong, why should the customer have to pay? Especially when they are charging fuel surcharges in the first place?

    Because if you don't like it, don't fly with an airline that charges it. Which is nearly all of them. Welcome to capitalism, airlines can charge what they like, people won't fly with them if they're too expensive. Which judging by passenger numbers, doesn't seem to be the case.


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  • #7
    smurfjed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,272 ✭✭✭✭smurfjed


    Because if you don't like it, don't fly with an airline that charges it.
    Excellent idea, I'm flying home tomorrow night and not paying any fuel surcharge :):)


  • #8
    jaymcg91
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,015 ✭✭✭jaymcg91


    smurfjed wrote: »
    Excellent idea, I'm flying home tomorrow night and not paying any fuel surcharge :):)

    Was it noticeably cheaper or did they just hide it in the ticket price :)?


  • #9
    braddun
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,221 ✭✭✭braddun


    aer lingus are about double the price of other carriers and have pretty poor service

    they try and charge you for food and seating on international flights ,seats are also pretty cramped,check in takes forever,they give you a biscuit for breakfast and weak cup tea,


    no refund of fare

    https://www.google.com/flights/


  • #10
    smurfjed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,272 ✭✭✭✭smurfjed


    Noticeably cheaper for a First Class seat on a 7 hour flight..... Guaranteed no fuel surcharge :)


  • #11
    killbillvol2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,178 ✭✭✭killbillvol2


    smurfjed wrote: »
    Noticeably cheaper for a First Class seat on a 7 hour flight..... Guaranteed no fuel surcharge :)

    You must be on the wrong flight. Aer Lingus don't do first class.


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  • #12
    smurfjed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,272 ✭✭✭✭smurfjed


    You must be on the wrong flight
    Nope I'm on the right flight, its just not Aer Lingus :)

    So you appear to agree that if you take a taxi, once you get inside, the driver can increase the price by XX% due to increased fuel costs.

    Do you happen to know how the cost of aviation fuel in lets say Shannon compares between 2011 and 2014?


  • #13
    killbillvol2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,178 ✭✭✭killbillvol2


    smurfjed wrote: »
    Nope I'm on the right flight, its just not Aer Lingus :)

    So you appear to agree that if you take a taxi, once you get inside, the driver can increase the price by XX% due to increased fuel costs.

    Do you happen to know how the cost of aviation fuel in lets say Shannon compares between 2011 and 2014?

    I never mentioned fuel prices?

    But your example is ludicrous. Which airline increases its price after you get on board?


  • #14
    smurfjed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,272 ✭✭✭✭smurfjed


    I never mentioned fuel prices?
    But we are discussing fuel surcharges so surely fuel price is a factor?

    Some airlines add the surcharge after you start making the initial booking, sorry i still think that fuel is a required cost therefore it shouldn't be added as a surcharge. If you do the maths on the fuel price between 2011 and 2014, you might be surprised :)


  • #15
    smurfjed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,272 ✭✭✭✭smurfjed


    You might find this interesting

    http://www.advito.com/as-oil-prices-fall-the-fuel-surcharge-debate-escalates/


  • #16
    jaymcg91
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,015 ✭✭✭jaymcg91


    smurfjed wrote: »
    But we are discussing fuel surcharges so surely fuel price is a factor?

    Some airlines add the surcharge after you start making the initial booking, sorry i still think that fuel is a required cost therefore it shouldn't be added as a surcharge. If you do the maths on the fuel price between 2011 and 2014, you might be surprised :)

    Which airlines are these? Screenshots of the fuel surcharge being added on after booking has begun? I'm fairly sure it's illegal now for them not to disclose the full price up front :).


  • #17
    0lddog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,292 ✭✭✭0lddog


    OP, there is a thread running over on Bargin Alerts about flights to BA. There is/are link(s) in it that explain some of the nonsense that airlines get up to with fuel surcharges


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