Several airlines are implementing surcharges for peak travel days such as American Airlines and Continental Airlines but others too.

This strikes me a bit like the fees for checking the first bag.  In this case, airlines are advertising fares but charging surcharges for those peak days most attractive to the traveler.  It makes me wonder a bit on whether or not taxes are being collected on the surcharges and it makes me wonder if the surcharges aren’t a bit deceptive when it comes to advertising.   

If those surcharges are needed, why not just raise the fare $10 (or whatever the surcharge fee is) for those particular days.   Because then they would have higher fares when being shopped against airlines without surcharges.

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