On 2008-10-27, Ablang wrote:
Good News: Oil is dropping like a stone. Not So Good News: U.S.
airlines aren't dropping their fuel surcharges much at all, beyond
some cuts on international routes. And here's why: the airlines
don't have to drop fuel surcharges -- not as long as they can find
passengers willing to pay for them, and so far they have found such
passengers -- the business travelers.

Who cares about "fuel surcharges". What matters is the final price, how
that is distributed over base price, taxes, airport fees, fuel surcharge,
because-we-feel-like-it charge etc, makes no difference.