All join hands: Big Six carriers add big surcharge (Winging It)

All join hands: Big Six carriers add big surcharge

According to www.bestfares.com, now all Big Six legacy airlines have joined the party and added $40 fuel surchages to their base coach fares. Here's a Bloomberg News story from Saturday that has all the news except what bestfares reported this morning, that Northwest is also on board with the surcharge.

Posted by Tom Belden on January 21, 2008 3:23 PM | Permalink

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