Hidden charges on flights
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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 576.59This is ridiculous. Taxes come to 70% of the listed price. How is this even vaguely legal?
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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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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 576.59This is ridiculous. Taxes come to 70% of the listed price. How is this even vaguely legal?
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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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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
Then I want my 0.99 back. Have you flown Air Canada lately?
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP