Fuel surcharge - Taking it up the backside

FSC varies by state or region. I'm not certain that just because what the government says the FSC should be XYZ for you're given area, that anyone is obligated to give you that amount.

I'd say about 90% of the time we're at the mark or above it. I know at Landstarve if the agents start giving you too much, corporate will jump on them, and they are warned to discontinue giving you so much.

 

Unknown. I worked for a smaller company once that I'm quite certain skimmed and changed the rate cons. Glad that's all in the mirror.

 

If you have absolute proof that they are charging someone a different surcharge amount and not passing it thru to you like the contract states I would definitely go after them for what they shorted you.

 

Get the billable documents from the carrier to that customer (you should anyway) and see what they charged the customer.

 

Some carriers break flat rate/broker loads into linehaul and fsc, some don't. Some use one fsc chart across the boards, some use whatever the customers fsc is and if a flat rate no fsc.

 

This is something that I started seeing about six months ago. Only the third time I've gotten it.

Driver incentive pay. 100% to us. Where does it come from, and who pays it.........who cares. We collect it lol.

I asked this Landstarve DUDE to go to $5K for the rate. He went to like $4926, but did me one better by giving me the $500 @ 100%.

Sitting at the shipper now.