Plummeting Oil Prices

[ChevyCruiser]

Since oil prices have plummeted - down to $93.00 a barrel on Friday -I wonder if we'll see any relief from fuel surcharges?:rolleyes:

 

Probably two chances - fat chance and slim chance.:D

[Krazy Kruizers]

SLIM chance.

The cruise lines sign contracts to get their oil. Depnding on when they signed their contracts -- depends on what the price is -- some signed contracts when the prices were high. They are stuck paying the companies those higher prices until the contracts end.

[spongerob]

It was prices over $80/bbl that started this whole surcharge thing. I don't expect surcharges to be reduced or eliminated any time soon.

[paul929207]

I don't think the cruise lines want to be raising and lowering the fuel surcharges frequently. I think theey will wait untl the price of fuel stabilizes for a while before making any changes to the current surcharges.

[silentbob007]

I believe I read somewhere that if oil prices stabilize (who knows what that means), then they can eliminate the surcharge and add the extra costs back into the price of the cruise where it belongs. All I can say is ... I'm not holding my breath.

[firefly333]

I got a cruise next April at $10 per day I hope gets lowered by then. That seems too much for today's oil prices to me, but if I wanted to go, then ya gotta pay whatever they charge.

[DanJ]

 

Probably two chances - fat chance and slim chance.:D

 

 

Funny how those 2 phrases mean the same thing LOL

[ab0si]

I believe I read somewhere that if oil prices stabilize (who knows what that means), then they can eliminate the surcharge and add the extra costs back into the price of the cruise where it belongs. All I can say is ... I'm not holding my breath.

 

An advantage (in addition to the ability to advertise a lower price) is that surcharges are non-commissionable.

[Scooter-n-GB]

Like they say, slim and none, and slim just hopped on a flight to Rio, for which he paid a fuel surcharge...:p

[cruiserbryce]

there have been a lot of threads abouty this around the boards...I really cant see the charges being reversed anytime soon. Oil is still quite a bit more expensive than it was when the charges were implemented and with how unstable the industry is I would imagine they will be likely to leave the charges in affect

[Go-Bucks!]

I don't know about fuel charges, but I only paid $3.12 per gallon of gas yesterday!! Just 2 wks ago it was $3.79.

[cruiserbryce]

we're still around $3.55

[FUN33]

Since oil prices have plummeted - down to $93.00 a barrel on Friday -I wonder if we'll see any relief from fuel surcharges?:rolleyes:

 

Probably two chances - fat chance and slim chance.:D

The fuel surcharges were put into effect when oil was in the high $60 range. Now that all the cruise lines have established this add on, it is unlikely they will ever recind it.

 

It is a clever way to hide the real price of the cruise and make it even more difficult to compare prices. All of this works in favor of the cruise line.

 

We have a better chance of the airlines dropping the fees for checked baggage.