"Off the chart" government fees to blame for higher fares: WestJet | Power Play with Mike Le Couteur

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  • Опубліковано 13 гру 2024

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  • @tigermoosearmy
    @tigermoosearmy 17 годин тому +29

    Government fees are to blame for ALL prices

    • @iqao
      @iqao 2 години тому

      carbon tax 😢

  • @BrianR-o8x
    @BrianR-o8x 16 годин тому +19

    Recently flew to Florida. Ticket one way was $ 178, Air Canada received $62 of this fare. Govt fees are out of control and carefully hidden.

  • @THAILANDCANUCK
    @THAILANDCANUCK 16 годин тому +10

    If the government lowers the taxes I do not believe the airlines will reduce the prices by the same amount.

  • @Matt-YT
    @Matt-YT 17 годин тому +14

    WS is terrible, but he is not wrong about Canadian airports

  • @MarkCanadian
    @MarkCanadian 16 годин тому +6

    Get rid of all the airport authorities in Canada which collect ridiculous AIF's every time we board a flight. These bureaucracies are ridiculous. Get back to the model where airports are run by Transport Canada under a federal umbrella which was done in the past.

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    @KimberlySha 17 годин тому +11

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  • @SirThomas1212
    @SirThomas1212 6 годин тому +1

    Master spin, I thought the bag fee was the main issue 🤨 and soon, Canadian airlines will charge for oxygen during turbulence as an upgrade.They will blame the government for it.

  • @pogsp8849
    @pogsp8849 4 години тому +1

    It’s funny how he just admitted Liberal Gov’t needs to go and new a Gov’t needs to look at it.

  • @jeremykit6136
    @jeremykit6136 19 хвилин тому

    I was a passenger on the plane where Alexis spoke last night returning from Ottawa.
    Canadians are poor at understanding that choice is the only way through this. They want low prices, but don’t understand the competition is truly the only way that this could be possible. Does anybody actually believe that if WestJet goes bankrupt Air Canada will have mercy on the consumer and charge less? If the government continues to tack fees on, More airlines will experience lower passenger volumes. To make up for this difference, those remaining passengers will simply be charged more, and this creates a massive barrier to entry for a new airline companies in our country. Throw union disputes, airport, improvement fees, and inflation into the mix, and you’ve got a recipe for disaster. The only way forward is to offer as many choices as possible.

  • @tonycommisso4096
    @tonycommisso4096 58 хвилин тому

    Airport/government fees are outrageous

  • @marianfrances4959
    @marianfrances4959 16 годин тому +1

    Airports are a nightmare.

  • @joetran8798
    @joetran8798 17 годин тому +2

    There is very little benefit to reducing the fees. Since airline tickets can vary (sometimes) by the hour, we wouldn't know if the reduction was actually done. Unless they show the breakdown (eg AIF, fuel surcharge, YQ charge, etc.) on the page confirming the flights picked (not hidden behind a username or anything). But they won't because that would show how much they're fooling around too.

  • @Uncle_Troy
    @Uncle_Troy 4 години тому

    I think it's ridiculous that you can use your Westjet dollars on the airfare itself, but not the fees that come with the actual ticket.

    • @va3svd
      @va3svd Годину тому

      At some point, Canadians will accept the fact that taxation is theft. Westjet is showing you that reality.

  • @viettruong9138
    @viettruong9138 2 години тому

    It's a corporate excuse, and in the USA, senators have also raised concerns about airlines charging passengers varying luggage fees on the same flight. 1/ revenue driven practice: the airlines gradually increase their rely on ancillary fees to boost their profit. Thus, basis travel necessities have been turned into profit centers at the consumers' expenses. 2/ A lack of transparency in fees, which can vary even among passengers on the same flight.
    Model 1 appears to be working effectively worldwide, with many airlines, particularly low-cost carriers, generating substantial profits and thriving.

  • @chriscatherwood4806
    @chriscatherwood4806 9 годин тому

    The same flight with Air Canada or Westjet vs United or American is more than $800 difference for a flight I take 3 times a year. More than just government fees at work here.

  • @theowoytowich9959
    @theowoytowich9959 17 годин тому +4

    I agree with the CEO customers should have a choice.

    • @Matt-YT
      @Matt-YT 17 годин тому +1

      Yes, Canadians should have a choice like in Europe. BUT they don't because it is a controlled and restricted oligopoly

    • @theowoytowich9959
      @theowoytowich9959 14 годин тому

      @@Matt-YT It does not have to be that way>

    • @Matt-YT
      @Matt-YT 13 годин тому

      @@theowoytowich9959 agreed! Let's get rid of ownership requirements!!!

  • @Matt-YT
    @Matt-YT 17 годин тому +1

    Ultra low fare is only to show up at the top of searches (e.g. google, kayak...)

  • @matthewdagenais5785
    @matthewdagenais5785 16 годин тому

    59$ each way round trip detroit to fort myers. Should tell you something

  • @GuruSandirasegaram
    @GuruSandirasegaram 17 годин тому

    West jet is racist Air lines
    Trust me I did fly locally twice .

  • @llll-bk6qd
    @llll-bk6qd 17 годин тому +1

    Best thing public on strike not to travel....Airplane ticket will go down