Quote:
Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Isn't it listed as a surcharge to defray the carbon tax? That's a reasonable line item to include on a bill, much as you get a fuel surcharge despite the fact that it doesn't necessarily correlate to your share of the fuel costs for the flight. It's, "we have to pay for this thing, and we're passing the cost on to you by charging you $X in addition to what we would otherwise charge if we didn't have to pay it... but we're also telling you that we're doing that rather than just including it as part of the overall price." Nothing remotely misleading about that.
|
It's a marketing scheme so they can leave the advertised price lower and so the consumer blames the government instead of the business.
If the number is accurate it is not misleading at the time of purchase but if different businesses apply different post price fees its more difficult compare real costs for the consumer and therefore could be misleading.
Kind of like a $99 air fair to London.