1.0 link 147846 <![CDATA[Airline Fuel Surcharge Rip-Off... No Refunds]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/blake-fleetwood/airline-fuel-surcharge-ri_b_147846.html The price of jet fuel has dropped dramatically in the last few months and many airlines have abolished the fuel surcharges that they imposed earlier this year.

But are they refunding customers who paid this surcharge for tickets well in advance?

Nah...of course not.

Chris Elliott, a travel ombudsman (read his travel blog here), explains that this is not simply an academic question.

Take Elliott's example: traveler Simon Gornick bought a ticket on Virgin Atlantic in October from Los Angeles to...

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