Westjet Fuel surcharge

[godsrcrazy]

Now i am curious in this article http://calgaryherald.com/business/local ... hs-to-come they claim their rates are not effected by Fuel cost's they are determined by passenger load. There for they will not drop their prices.

In this arctice http://www.canada.com/chilliwacktimes/s ... af7e6eb36a the rates increased for fuel surcharge.

I say you can't have it both ways. I know flights that Westjet started competing on with $75.00 one way seat sales. They claimed they were not under cutting the competition. These routes fly full almost all the time and try and get a seat under $175.00 now. I am not sure they can get their story straight.

[Bede]

WestJet just knocked 15% off their base fares a few months ago. The quote you are mentioning is just recently, after WJ already cut fares.

Yes WJ started with $75 fares...in 1996. If you correct for inflation, that's ~105 today. There are still fares around $100 around. Sadly, the governments and airports will charge you another $50 on top of that.

[Rookie50]

As a business owner perspective, I say.....start an airline.

Competition is a good thing...

[trey kule]

Sadly, the governments and airports will charge you another $50 on top of that.

Yes, its the darn government that is mandating they charge for each bag to reduce the unnecessary luggage we used to carry for a week's trip somewhere. It is the government that is trying to fight obesity by mandating that seat space be reduced to what is the human limit. And charge us for food headsets...pretty soon pillows and blankets.

It is good to know that WJ is facing the challange by reducing the number of CSRs at airports and allowing us the opportunity to stand inline for even longer..healthy living by wasting time standing in line.

The major Canadian airlines creative marketing departments have come up with so many add ons that you really can not blame them for losing track of one or two.

[av8ts]

Yes those chocolate headsets are awesome but they do charge too much for them

[tallyho]

This sounds suspiciously like a criticism of WestJet. This behaviour is grossly misguided and will not be tolerated.

[iflyforpie]

This sounds suspiciously like a criticism of WestJet. This behaviour is grossly misguided and will not be tolerated.

Just remember... they have 'Westjettitude'.

[godsrcrazy]

WestJet just knocked 15% off their base fares a few months ago. The quote you are mentioning is just recently, after WJ already cut fares.

Yes WJ started with $75 fares...in 1996. If you correct for inflation, that's ~105 today. There are still fares around $100 around. Sadly, the governments and airports will charge you another $50 on top of that.

The fares i am referring to were not in 1996. They were in 2009 when they started flying to Yellowknife. They continued with these fares until both Northern based airlines chopped their flights back. The rates increased within a few months of this happening and have never gone back to $75.00. Both Northern carriers screamed fowl and Westjet claimed they were not cutting rates they were only charging what was fare.

Back on topic why did they claim a few years ago prices went up due to Fuel prices (Fuel Surcharge) now they claim the price of fuel going down has nothing to do with pricing.

[co-joe]

Heard on the radio them made 91 mil last quarter. Not bad. So if fuel prices go way down, but they buy it in greenbacks do they come out ahead?

[Donald]

http://business.financialpost.com/2015/ ... ederated=1

[complexintentions]

From the pic in the article, it looks like the cheaper fuel has made it possible to run the -200's again!

[lostaviator]

Isn't one of the most basic aspects of company (not just aviation) price management supply and demand? There is no need to reduce prices when planes are flying full.

[GyvAir]

While they may be able to play the supply vs. demand game to their advantage at the moment, I think their PR department, or at least the spokesperson being quoted in the article are falling down on the job. Doesn’t Westjet try to promote themselves as a company that goes the extra mile to provide good value and service for their customers? This story paints them as a company whose focus is to take maximum advantage of the circumstance and by extension the customer, with no intention of sharing in the good fortune of the lower costs they’ve been unexpectedly handed. Certainly not the sort of "feel good" story that you usually see coming out of the Westjet media machine.

[lostaviator]

At the end of the day it is a business and I think it is in their best interest to bank the extra money now as there is this talk of a few new airlines popping up. War chests are always good when it comes to competition. And heck, people complain but doesn't seem to be slowing them down when it comes to swiping that visa for a ticket.

There are also a few other areas that need to be addressed before cutting income. Example: encore fa's living on a salary below the poverty line.

[twinpratts]

There is no Westjet fuel surcharge.

[godsrcrazy]

There is no Westjet fuel surcharge.

Then whats with this article http://www.canada.com/chilliwacktimes/s ... af7e6eb36a saying there is.

[URC]

Then whats with this article

You mean that article that was written in May of 2008. The fuel surcharge mentioned in the arcticle was removed on September 18, 2008. You're only 6.5 years behind the times, try and keep up.

[godsrcrazy]

can't find that article maybe you can paste the link.

[Benwa]

can't find that article maybe you can paste the link.

Try and Google Westjet September 18 2008

http://westjet2.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=64

[godsrcrazy]

Thank you

[hydro]

There is no Westjet fuel surcharge.

Using MatrixITA it shows YQ charges for Westjet flights. Is that not a fuel surcharge?
The westjet site shows it as "Other Air Transportation Charge"

[kevenv]

Found this website that seems to show that Hydro is correct;

http://www.extrapackofpeanuts.com/findi ... surcharge/

From the site "In airline speak, a fuel surcharge is represented by the code YQ."