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jad n rich Jun 21st 2008 10:06 pm
Must read: Airfares from OZ to UK
 
More bad news :( for those of us living here who wish to take trips to UK to see family.

Taxes reach the $1000 on TOP of the airfare.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/news/a...770909129.html

Apologies for the cut and paste but this affects so many of us:(

storms Jun 22nd 2008 1:12 am
Re: Must read: Airfares from OZ to UK
 
:( Oh! :(

nickyjohnt Jun 22nd 2008 4:48 am
Re: Must read: Airfares from OZ to UK
 
Originally Posted by jad n rich (Post 6490163)
More bad news :( for those of us living here who wish to take trips to UK to see family.

Taxes reach the $1000 on TOP of the airfare.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/news/a...770909129.html

Apologies for the cut and paste but this affects so many of us:(
Another Good excuse for not going back to the uk then:thumbup:

John

walla Jun 22nd 2008 5:25 am
Re: Must read: Airfares from OZ to UK
 
Originally Posted by jad n rich (Post 6490163)
More bad news :( for those of us living here who wish to take trips to UK to see family.

Taxes reach the $1000 on TOP of the airfare.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/news/a...770909129.html

Apologies for the cut and paste but this affects so many of us:(
Nah, it's not an extra 1k, it's a fuel surcharge hike. The fuel surcharge is currently around 700 bucks per flight which is part of the ticket price. The additional fuel charge is around 300 bucks taking the total to 1k (aus)

Vanessa Jun 22nd 2008 6:08 am
Re: Must read: Airfares from OZ to UK
 
We have booked a holiday to Thailand in December. Got a call from the Agent the other day advising us to pay the airfare element in full as we will have a $1000 surcharge added if it is not paid by Wednesday.

suebrennan Jun 22nd 2008 8:02 am
Re: Must read: Airfares from OZ to UK
 
I am going home in Sept. I did the rounds and was completely flexible with my dates but still ended up paying 2300. One tip though is Finn Air - for some reason their tax is several hundred dollars less than other airlines.

Sue

The Bloke Jun 22nd 2008 8:19 am
Re: Must read: Airfares from OZ to UK
 
Originally Posted by suebrennan (Post 6490992)
I am going home in Sept. I did the rounds and was completely flexible with my dates but still ended up paying 2300. One tip though is Finn Air - for some reason their tax is several hundred dollars less than other airlines.

Sue
The taxes/levies/charges will probably be the same. It is possibly that not many people know of or use them, or their aircraft are smaller or older/or they codeshare, so their initial fare, less taxes etc, is cheaper to get business.

lonndongeek Jun 22nd 2008 8:21 am
Re: Must read: Airfares from OZ to UK
 
Originally Posted by The Bloke (Post 6491036)
The taxes/levies/charges will probably be the same. It is possibly that not many people know of or use them, or their aircraft are smaller or older/or they codeshare, so their initial fare, less taxes etc, is cheaper to get business.
Airlines will charge their own fuel surcharges no matter who's actually operating the flight.

As an example, if you book a Qantas or BA flight through American Airline's website, you'll pay AA's fuel surcharges, not Qantas'. You win some, you lose some.

Cheers

Steve

perksy Jun 22nd 2008 9:54 am
Re: Must read: Airfares from OZ to UK
 
Is it not possible to get someone to book the flights from the UK that way you may get a saving?

I'm sure this may have been asked before but I can't remember the answer :unsure:


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