LS737 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Posted (6 years 11 months 4 days ago) and read 1185 times:
FR is famous for telling people it will never introduce a fuel surcharge. On the 31st May I flew MAN/DUB/MAN paying £16.61 in taxes and charges. For the same flights next week the taxes and charges are £33.20, an increase of more than 100%. Is this a back-door way of introducing a fuel surcharge?
Planesarecool From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2001, 4096 posts, RR: 13 Reply 1, posted (6 years 11 months 4 days ago) and read 1157 times:
Quoting LS737 (Thread starter): FR is famous for telling people it will never introduce a fuel surcharge. On the 31st May I flew MAN/DUB/MAN paying £16.61 in taxes and charges. For the same flights next week the taxes and charges are £33.20, an increase of more than 100%. Is this a back-door way of introducing a fuel surcharge?
They usually charge £15-20 in taxes on a one way flight to/from Dublin, so that sounds about right. Chances are, what you saw from before was just a one way flight. Either that, or it was during a sale or a special offer. I've paid £8 taxes on a flight from BRS-DUB, but a week later, it was back up to £15, thanks to the fact that i purchased the flight during a special "fly for £10" offer.
£33.20 is still over £31 cheaper than the taxes and charges charged by Luxair on the same route.
LS737 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 2, posted (6 years 11 months 4 days ago) and read 1136 times:
Quoting Planesarecool (Reply 1): They usually charge £15-20 in taxes on a one way flight to/from Dublin, so that sounds about right. Chances are, what you saw from before was just a one way flight. Either that, or it was during a sale or a special offer. I've paid £8 taxes on a flight from BRS-DUB, but a week later, it was back up to £15, thanks to the fact that i purchased the flight during a special "fly for £10" offer.
Was definitely for the return flight but you're right, it could have been a special offer I missed.
Quoting Planesarecool (Reply 1): £33.20 is still over £31 cheaper than the taxes and charges charged by Luxair on the same route.
Fair point. In fact LG's taxes are more than FR's total price!
StarGoldLHR From Heard and McDonald Islands, joined Feb 2004, 1529 posts, RR: 1 Reply 3, posted (6 years 11 months 3 days 23 hours ago) and read 1080 times:
Just like the US phone bill..
Taxes should be itemized for all to see exactly what these are.
When we see "Pilots NI Contribution" 0.35c etc etc listed in their then you finally see how the airlines price taxes in their tickets.
So far in 2008 45 flights and Gold already. JFK, IAD, LGA, SIN, HKG, NRT, AKL, PPT, LAX still to book ! Home Airport LCY
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