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This isn't related to the carrier-imposed surcharges, however. Airfare is priced according to a system of filed fares with specific rules, for specific city pai

This isn't related to the carrier-imposed surcharges, however. Airfare is priced according to a system of filed fares with specific rules, for specific city pairs, that require booking into specific "inventory." Internationally, round-trips and different fares than one-ways. And SFO-SYD is a different fare altogether from SYD-SFO. A fare might say: - Originates in SFO, destination SYD - Books into economy class - Requires S-code inventory - Requires a round-trip - Can be combined on a half-round-trip basis with any other fare USA-Australia fare (e.g. you could combine two fares SFO-SYD and NYC-MEL to get a SFO-SYD/NYC-MEL round trip) - Can use any flights that have S-code inventory - Except no stopovers - And only 1 transfers in Area 1 (USA) - Can be reissued for 400 USD With that fare, you can then build an itinerary from segments (flights) that match all requirements of the fare.

timcederman 8y ago
How is this different to the first example in the article? > They aren’t tied to distance traveled—fees are often the same for flights from Europe to New York and Los Angeles. They vary wildly by direction of travel. Business-class tickets on British Airways between New York and London have a $1,006 carrier-imposed charge if the round-trip begins in New York, but only $381 if the round trip originates in London.
- namdnay 8y ago
  The article was discussing extra fees tacked on to FQTV tickets
theoh 8y ago
Pasting blockquote, sigh. - Originates in SFO, destination SYD - Books into economy class - Requires S-code inventory - Requires a round-trip - Can be combined on a half-round-trip basis with any other fare USA-Australia fare (e.g. you could combine two fares SFO-SYD and NYC-MEL to get a SFO-SYD/NYC-MEL round trip) - Can use any flights that have S-code inventory - Except no stopovers - And only 1 transfers in Area 1 (USA) - Can be reissued for 400 USD

timcederman 8y ago

How is this different to the first example in the article? > They aren’t tied to distance traveled—fees are often the same for flights from Europe to New York and Los Angeles. They vary wildly by direction of travel. Business-class tickets on British Airways between New York and London have a $1,006 carrier-imposed charge if the round-trip begins in New York, but only $381 if the round trip originates in London.

namdnay 8y ago
The article was discussing extra fees tacked on to FQTV tickets

theoh 8y ago

Pasting blockquote, sigh. - Originates in SFO, destination SYD - Books into economy class - Requires S-code inventory - Requires a round-trip - Can be combined on a half-round-trip basis with any other fare USA-Australia fare (e.g. you could combine two fares SFO-SYD and NYC-MEL to get a SFO-SYD/NYC-MEL round trip) - Can use any flights that have S-code inventory - Except no stopovers - And only 1 transfers in Area 1 (USA) - Can be reissued for 400 USD