Fuel surcharge is a con! Full stop!
How many other industries are able to maintain profit margins by adding a surcharge to cover an additional cost to the business.
Could understand if the company was going backwards but these airlines are turning over massive profits (especially the oz darling QANTAS) and able to add a surcharge to make sure the return to sharholders is maintained.
Put it this way does your local corner store add a divorce surcharge because the wife left and took half the cash so he now is unable to mainatin his viability? Not the same you say....well its an unforseen cost that is threatining the company. Would you buy it? No of course not!
Why do we buy the airline surcharge....cos they all do it what choice do we have?