I believe consumers would understand (but not like) a surcharge for rising fuel costs. Let this cost float with the price of jet fuel at the time they make the reservation. It may be a $400 flight has a $75 fuel surcharge; so be it. Get the cost out front, transparent, and get rid of the silly nickel and dime stuff which are just surrogates for real issue of high fuel cost.
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