It Will Cost You To Fly

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The following video is worth sharing and perhaps has some value-added humor for the air traveler at heart.




We all know to well what air travel entails, especially the price you pay for a ticket.

The USA Today reported on Nov. 10 that even though fuel surcharges have faded the fare you pay on a ticket hasn't changed.

Hell, we all paid the price at the pump.

But as the barrel of oil significantly declined in recent weeks wouldn't it be feasible to conclude that the airlines would drop their fees?

At the request of USA Today, FareCompare, a dot com company, did an analysis and revealed that airlines folded surcharges into the airfare.

"Travelers are paying the same as before the change," according to USA Today.

The overall reason for the surcharge was to offset the losses airlines experienced from high fuel costs.

As the video pokes fun at the fees airlines charge travelers beyond the price they pay for a ticket, it implies truth behind fees in general.

To be in business means to be in it for a profit.

Understandably, when profits aren't flying in, companies need to adjust their bottom line.

Consequently, however, the excuse to keep the fares where they are remains a matter of recooping all previous losses.

So, now where do we from here?

The article can be accessed through the link below:

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2008-11-10-fuel-surcharge-airfares_N.htm

Thanks For Flying ;)