StarGoldLHR From Heard and McDonald Islands, joined Feb 2004, 1529 posts, RR: 1 Posted (8 years 2 months 3 weeks 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 2282 times:
Why do different airlines charge different airport taxes etc, when their supposed to be beyond the airlines control ???
JGPH1A From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 1, posted (8 years 2 months 3 weeks 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 2269 times:
BA's so-called "taxes" includes their EUR9.00 per segment fuel surcharge, which they are trying to disguise by calling it a tax. It isn't a tax, however. That would explain the difference I think.
FlyingColours From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2003, 2315 posts, RR: 11 Reply 3, posted (8 years 2 months 3 weeks 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 2244 times:
VAT is 17.5% of the amount, surley this comes into amount hence the higher fares have higher taxes.
I find taxes on air travel getting annoying now, especially since they plan on introducing new taxes.
Phil
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Shamrock_747 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 4, posted (8 years 2 months 3 weeks 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 2153 times:
When a fare is quoted on ba.com it does clearly state "taxes, fees, charges and surcharges" and "The price of your ticket includes a security, insurance and fuel surcharge per flight levied by the carrier".
Anyway, the BA quote in the original post shows taxes for a return flight. Oneway for LGW-MAN on BA is approx £16.20 tax.
British767 From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2005, 284 posts, RR: 23 Reply 5, posted (8 years 2 months 3 weeks 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 2101 times:
I just took a look at Jet2's website. I got this:
Outbound flight per adult/child
Fare £ 9.00
Taxes & Airport charges £ 14.00
Total £ 23.00
Return flight per adult/child
Fare £ 9.00
Taxes & Airport charges £ 14.00
Total £ 23.00
Total per adult/child £ 46.00
Total for 1 passenger £ 46.00
It is £14 each way. On BA's site I got this:
Price breakdown Fare per person plus taxes, fees, charges and surcharges* per person Total
1 Adult £ 28.00 £ 36.40 £ 64.40
The price of your ticket includes a security, insurance and fuel surcharge per flight levied by the carrier. For details please click here.
Total price £ 64.40
Basically the taxes nearly the same, and the different is probably what JGPH1A mentioned, the fuel surcharge.
But, I have seen fares with U2 from LGW-AMS, where the tax is £10, whilst with BA on the same route, dates, and times, have tax which is 4 times this amount!
DC10Tim From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2005, 1405 posts, RR: 16 Reply 6, posted (8 years 2 months 3 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 2074 times:
This is something that does me about airlines who quote prices excluding taxes. Don't get me wrong, you can get some fantastic offers with low-cost airlines, and even major carriers, such as BA, but the hidden costs vary greatly.
Not many airlines give a clear breakdown of what these extra costs are, only to say "taxes and charges" etc. These can vary wildly from one airline to another and from airport to airport.
One exception I have noticed however is EUJet. Go to www.eujet.com and they give you a breakdown of what the extras actually are.
JGPH1A From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 7, posted (8 years 2 months 3 weeks 19 hours ago) and read 2025 times:
I do think it's scandalous that BA can hide their fuel surcharge as a tax, rather than simply adding EUR9.00 to the leg fare each way. Far more honest.
Leskova From Germany, joined Oct 2003, 6075 posts, RR: 72 Reply 8, posted (8 years 2 months 3 weeks 19 hours ago) and read 2020 times:
Quoting JGPH1A (reply 7): I do think it's scandalous that BA can hide their fuel surcharge as a tax, rather than simply adding EUR9.00 to the leg fare each way. Far more honest.
Unfortunately, practically no airline out there practices the really honest option: raising the base fare.
Most European airlines add a YQ-tax to the tax-box of the ticket, thereby increasing the taxes that are to be paid on the base fare...
Most US airlines use Q-Surcharges, which allow them to give a low base fare, which is, at the time of pricing/ticketing, then suddenly increased by those Q-Surcharges, while the taxes remain low.
Neither option shows up when you just look at fares - both are inherently dishonest - and one of these two options is in use by practically every single airline on this planet.
Sevenair From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2001, 1728 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (8 years 2 months 3 weeks 18 hours ago) and read 1999 times:
interesrting about the fuel surcharge. does this apply only to BA operated flights? Just asking because ive check the ED!-SYY flights, and the price is still the same as it was 2 years ago (around the £90 mark)
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