Fee Introduction And Adjustments Effective Mar 30, 2009

[futaris]

Fee Introduction And Adjustments Effective Mar 30, 2009

Pacific Fee introduction and adjustments effective Mar 30, 2009

Following a second competitive benchmark of our Fees in Europe and Pacific, American Airlines is introducing new Fees to match with our competitors. These new Fees will come into effect on March 30, 2009. The new fees are being introduced in local currency, to avoid conversion and customer service issues

Effective March 30, 2009

Australia       | Previous Fee (USD) | New Fee (AUD)
Res Service Fee |          0         |        60
Ex Res Fee      |         20         |        60
           
New Zealand     | Previous Fee (USD) | New Fee (NZD)
Res Service Fee |         20         |        45
Ex Res Fee      |          0         |        45

[JohnK]

Any idea why the new fees in New Zealand are almost half the fees in Australia?

[odoherty]

I'm a bit confused - what are these fees actually for?

What is this "ex res fee" that is apparently already in place? Never heard of it before.

[Dave Noble]

Obvious reason for charging more in AU is that they think that they can get away with it given that QF scams $75 for the activity of selling over the phone

Dave

[serfty]

Hmmm, ... makes the £15 fee seem reasonable.

Of course, if one only has AUD accounts, the USD->GBP->AUD conversion may be a pain.

I guess this is partly due to the introduction of AA.com.au - which I have only followed through with a booking once as it was slightly cheaper than aa.com[.usa] for the same flights.

Oh well, looks like the US address method is in order ... (See here for example: http://www.frequentflyer.com.au/comm...tml#post235082 (AA KUPP fare discrepancy))