Will the fuel surcharge return?

The price of a barrel of oil seems to be increasing at least $1 a day.
It's now well over $80. And with the global cooling that seems to be
going on this winter, there is no reason to expect this trend not to
continue.

At what point will a cruise line reinstate the fuel surcharge and then
have all the others follow suit?

Jeff Gersten wrote:
The price of a barrel of oil seems to be increasing at least $1 a day.
It's now well over $80. And with the global cooling that seems to be
going on this winter, there is no reason to expect this trend not to
continue.

At what point will a cruise line reinstate the fuel surcharge and then
have all the others follow suit?

The cut off varies. I think some lines reserve the right to reimpose
them at LSC=$70.

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(Jeff Gersten) wrote:

The price of a barrel of oil seems to be increasing at least $1 a day.
It's now well over $80. And with the global cooling that seems to be
going on this winter, there is no reason to expect this trend not to
continue.

At what point will a cruise line reinstate the fuel surcharge and then
have all the others follow suit?

When demand is such that they think they can get away with it. I
think they haven't yet because their experience suggests that they would
lose more in cancellations than they would make in the surcharge. You
want to keep $100 a day (plus all the extras) or get an extra bit from
the surcharge.

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