Airline taxes and fees
Dec 5th, 2011, 11:08 AM
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Airline taxes and fees
Three of us flying from Atlanta to Madrid, and the back from Paris to Atlanta next summer.
Airline cost w/o fees and taxes: $3657
fees and taxes $1734
total $5391
This means fees and taxes are 47% of the cost w/o fees/taxes.
It is hard to believe that fees/taxes are this high. Is this correct?
Is there anything I can do (different arrangements,etc..) to reduce these fees/costs?
Thank you for any help
Airline cost w/o fees and taxes: $3657
fees and taxes $1734
total $5391
This means fees and taxes are 47% of the cost w/o fees/taxes.
It is hard to believe that fees/taxes are this high. Is this correct?
Is there anything I can do (different arrangements,etc..) to reduce these fees/costs?
Thank you for any help
Dec 5th, 2011, 12:37 PM
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The fees for flying into/out of some airports are much higher than others, London LHR and Paris CDG, for example. You could look into using other airports. That's what some low-cost airlines do. Sometimes convenience has a monetary value too, though.
Dec 5th, 2011, 01:40 PM
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Personally fly RT ATL LON on any airline but BA.com
they are horrible with bogus fuel surcharges and extra fees.
cheapoair.com farecompare.com2 good comp sites
then easyjet.com or ryaniair.com or other econos
skyscanner.net always do thissave hundreds rarely
over a thousand.
1 month ago my wife and I got 2 AAdvantage credit cards
with aa.com 40000 miles each booked our flights with those
ATL PAR RT aa.com booked our flights closedthe cards saved
$2K might look at something like that you have time.
Good luck...
they are horrible with bogus fuel surcharges and extra fees.
cheapoair.com farecompare.com2 good comp sites
then easyjet.com or ryaniair.com or other econos
skyscanner.net always do thissave hundreds rarely
over a thousand.
1 month ago my wife and I got 2 AAdvantage credit cards
with aa.com 40000 miles each booked our flights with those
ATL PAR RT aa.com booked our flights closedthe cards saved
$2K might look at something like that you have time.
Good luck...
Dec 5th, 2011, 04:32 PM
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Part of the fees is something called "Fuel Surcharge". It's simply part of the fare charged by the airline. Not taxes or airport or authority fees.
BTW, high taxes is nothing unusual. Have you tried renting a car at many airports in the US?
BTW, high taxes is nothing unusual. Have you tried renting a car at many airports in the US?
