Although I agree that, in particular, the outrageous credit/debit card fee now levied by Ryanair can be viewed as a "fuel surcharge" in all but name (in the sense that probably the vast majority of it is retained by the airline and not passed on to the banks/credit card companies), I think that other airlines' declared fuel surcharges can also be criticised. For example, these add between £32 and £40 to the price of a return BA ticket between the UK and Europe. Their fuel surcharge alone is more that the total I paid for my last trip between the UK and mainland Europe on Ryanair. Bear in mind, too, that £10 of my fare went to the UK government!