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  • C Chris Maunder

    I'm trying to pop down to Washington and I see a flight for $169. Sounds great! So I go through the process:

    Flight 1 - Departing airfare (Tango Plus) 169.00
    Flight 2 - Returning airfare (Tango Plus) 169.00
    Surcharges NAV 135.00
    Canada Airport Improvement Fee SQ 20.00
    U.S.A Transportation Tax US 31.30
    U.S Agriculture Fee XA 5.08
    Air Travellers Security Charge (ATSC) CA 7.94
    U.S Passenger Facility Charge XF 4.57
    Canada Goods and Services Tax XG 25.05
    September 11 Security Fee AY 2.54
    U.S.A Immigration User Fee XY 7.11
    Total airfare and taxes before options 576.59

    This is ridiculous. Taxes come to 70% of the listed price. How is this even vaguely legal?

    cheers, Chris Maunder

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    Ashley van Gerven
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    Why stop there...

    Flight Attentdant smile fee :`) 0.99
    Safety instruction mini-course fee 2.50
    High altitude bladder relief fee 0.50
    Luggage handling fee 5.44
    Airport sniffer dog tax 0.40 (or a doggie biscuit)

    "For fifty bucks I'd put my face in their soup and blow." - George Costanza

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    • C Chris Maunder

      I'm trying to pop down to Washington and I see a flight for $169. Sounds great! So I go through the process:

      Flight 1 - Departing airfare (Tango Plus) 169.00
      Flight 2 - Returning airfare (Tango Plus) 169.00
      Surcharges NAV 135.00
      Canada Airport Improvement Fee SQ 20.00
      U.S.A Transportation Tax US 31.30
      U.S Agriculture Fee XA 5.08
      Air Travellers Security Charge (ATSC) CA 7.94
      U.S Passenger Facility Charge XF 4.57
      Canada Goods and Services Tax XG 25.05
      September 11 Security Fee AY 2.54
      U.S.A Immigration User Fee XY 7.11
      Total airfare and taxes before options 576.59

      This is ridiculous. Taxes come to 70% of the listed price. How is this even vaguely legal?

      cheers, Chris Maunder

      CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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      El Corazon
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      I know I will loose points for even knowing this movie exists.... The Tax Man: You just docked? Popeye: I has. The Tax Man: Ah ha, let's see here, that'll be 25¢ docking tax. Popeye: What for? The Tax Man: Where's your sea craft? Popeye: It ain't no sea craft, it's me dinghy and it's under the wharf. The Tax Man: Ah ha. ahh-ha. This your goods? Popeye: They is. The Tax Man: Yeah. You're new in town right? Popeye: If you call this a town, yes. The Tax Man: Well, first of all, there's 17¢ new-in-town tax, and there's 45¢ rowboat-under-the-wharf tax, and one dollar leaving-your-junk-lying-around-the-wharf tax, so all together, you owe the Commodore $1.87. Popeye: Uh, who's this Commodore? The Tax Man: Is that the nature of question? There's a nickel question tax.

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      • K keyboard warrior

        wow. there is a September 11 Security Fee... they can turn anything into a fee.

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        Steve Mayfield
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        the 9/11 fee helps to fund the TSA (Transportation Security Agency)...

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        • C Chris Maunder

          I'm trying to pop down to Washington and I see a flight for $169. Sounds great! So I go through the process:

          Flight 1 - Departing airfare (Tango Plus) 169.00
          Flight 2 - Returning airfare (Tango Plus) 169.00
          Surcharges NAV 135.00
          Canada Airport Improvement Fee SQ 20.00
          U.S.A Transportation Tax US 31.30
          U.S Agriculture Fee XA 5.08
          Air Travellers Security Charge (ATSC) CA 7.94
          U.S Passenger Facility Charge XF 4.57
          Canada Goods and Services Tax XG 25.05
          September 11 Security Fee AY 2.54
          U.S.A Immigration User Fee XY 7.11
          Total airfare and taxes before options 576.59

          This is ridiculous. Taxes come to 70% of the listed price. How is this even vaguely legal?

          cheers, Chris Maunder

          CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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          MarkB777
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          Chris Maunder wrote:

          September 11 Security Fee AY 2.54

          haha...

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          • C Chris Maunder

            I'm trying to pop down to Washington and I see a flight for $169. Sounds great! So I go through the process:

            Flight 1 - Departing airfare (Tango Plus) 169.00
            Flight 2 - Returning airfare (Tango Plus) 169.00
            Surcharges NAV 135.00
            Canada Airport Improvement Fee SQ 20.00
            U.S.A Transportation Tax US 31.30
            U.S Agriculture Fee XA 5.08
            Air Travellers Security Charge (ATSC) CA 7.94
            U.S Passenger Facility Charge XF 4.57
            Canada Goods and Services Tax XG 25.05
            September 11 Security Fee AY 2.54
            U.S.A Immigration User Fee XY 7.11
            Total airfare and taxes before options 576.59

            This is ridiculous. Taxes come to 70% of the listed price. How is this even vaguely legal?

            cheers, Chris Maunder

            CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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            Lost User
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            There was some stuff about this on Userfriendly about a month ago. Is this unique to Canada?

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            • C Chris Maunder

              I'm trying to pop down to Washington and I see a flight for $169. Sounds great! So I go through the process:

              Flight 1 - Departing airfare (Tango Plus) 169.00
              Flight 2 - Returning airfare (Tango Plus) 169.00
              Surcharges NAV 135.00
              Canada Airport Improvement Fee SQ 20.00
              U.S.A Transportation Tax US 31.30
              U.S Agriculture Fee XA 5.08
              Air Travellers Security Charge (ATSC) CA 7.94
              U.S Passenger Facility Charge XF 4.57
              Canada Goods and Services Tax XG 25.05
              September 11 Security Fee AY 2.54
              U.S.A Immigration User Fee XY 7.11
              Total airfare and taxes before options 576.59

              This is ridiculous. Taxes come to 70% of the listed price. How is this even vaguely legal?

              cheers, Chris Maunder

              CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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              Rich Leyshon
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              I often book flights between UK and Germany with Ryanair. Quite often the flights may be £1 and free to return but the total cost is usually at least £70! Still, you can't complain about that when I consider that I went to Germany on some "half price" tickets, courtesy of a newspaper promotion in about 1990 and it cost me £200! Rich

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              • S Steve Mayfield

                the 9/11 fee helps to fund the TSA (Transportation Security Agency)...

                Steve

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                Mike Dimmick
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                So, if we don't pay that fee, can we avoid the security theatre?

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                • C Chris Maunder

                  I'm trying to pop down to Washington and I see a flight for $169. Sounds great! So I go through the process:

                  Flight 1 - Departing airfare (Tango Plus) 169.00
                  Flight 2 - Returning airfare (Tango Plus) 169.00
                  Surcharges NAV 135.00
                  Canada Airport Improvement Fee SQ 20.00
                  U.S.A Transportation Tax US 31.30
                  U.S Agriculture Fee XA 5.08
                  Air Travellers Security Charge (ATSC) CA 7.94
                  U.S Passenger Facility Charge XF 4.57
                  Canada Goods and Services Tax XG 25.05
                  September 11 Security Fee AY 2.54
                  U.S.A Immigration User Fee XY 7.11
                  Total airfare and taxes before options 576.59

                  This is ridiculous. Taxes come to 70% of the listed price. How is this even vaguely legal?

                  cheers, Chris Maunder

                  CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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                  bwhittington
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                  I just saw on the news this morning that US Airways is starting to charge $15 for the first checked luggage, $50 dollars for the second checked luggage, and $125 for the third bag. Freaking crazy that they can charge at all.

                  Brett A. Whittington Application Developer

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                  • C Chris Maunder

                    I'm trying to pop down to Washington and I see a flight for $169. Sounds great! So I go through the process:

                    Flight 1 - Departing airfare (Tango Plus) 169.00
                    Flight 2 - Returning airfare (Tango Plus) 169.00
                    Surcharges NAV 135.00
                    Canada Airport Improvement Fee SQ 20.00
                    U.S.A Transportation Tax US 31.30
                    U.S Agriculture Fee XA 5.08
                    Air Travellers Security Charge (ATSC) CA 7.94
                    U.S Passenger Facility Charge XF 4.57
                    Canada Goods and Services Tax XG 25.05
                    September 11 Security Fee AY 2.54
                    U.S.A Immigration User Fee XY 7.11
                    Total airfare and taxes before options 576.59

                    This is ridiculous. Taxes come to 70% of the listed price. How is this even vaguely legal?

                    cheers, Chris Maunder

                    CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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                    Ennis Ray Lynch Jr
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                    lmao The taxes are a killer but at least on most of my flights no where near that bad, of course I fly domestic. My difficulty in understanding is how airports with higher taxes (presumably because of more travelers) have worse service and terminal areas and longer security lines?

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                    • A Ashley van Gerven

                      Why stop there...

                      Flight Attentdant smile fee :`) 0.99
                      Safety instruction mini-course fee 2.50
                      High altitude bladder relief fee 0.50
                      Luggage handling fee 5.44
                      Airport sniffer dog tax 0.40 (or a doggie biscuit)

                      "For fifty bucks I'd put my face in their soup and blow." - George Costanza

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                      Chris Maunder
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                      Then I want my 0.99 back. Have you flown Air Canada lately?

                      cheers, Chris Maunder

                      CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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