Flight surcharges
 

As from today there is an increase in flight taxes. Longhaul have been hit the hardest so we are all going to feel the pinch. Less 'noffi for Noni and Remy :thumbdown:

As we have paid for our tickets already is Mr FFFFFFFFFFFF Darling going to take the money from us especially as he admits it is a fund raising exercise, and not an enviromental tax. Probably pocket money for him going on holiday.

Could be as much as £30 - £40 each anybody got any information.:(:frown:

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Here you go, copywright BBC & all that mullarky:

Air tax increase comes into force

A second rise in Air Passenger Duty comes into force next year
The first of two rises in UK airport departure tax has come into effect, adding up to £30 to the cost of flying.

The price of the shortest flights rises by £1, with Air Passenger Duty on business and first class journeys over 6,000 miles up from £80 to £110.

The costs used to be based on either short or long haul flights but is now divided into four distance bands.

The government has cited environmental reasons for the rise but airlines are worried about business in a recession.

Further rises will come into force in November next year.

A spokesman for the Treasury said: "The government maintains that air travel should pay its fair share in tax.

"APD is an important contributor to the public finances, while helping the government achieve its environmental goals."

'Completely unjustified'

The rise in Air Passenger Duty will particularly hit long-haul passengers travelling in business and first-class.

The duty on economy class seats was previously £10 for short haul flights of up to 2,000 miles and £40 for long haul. Business and first class were priced at £20 and £80 respectively.

The cost of APD for flights of less than 2,000 miles in economy class will now be £11, with duty on premium tickets priced at £22.

For journeys of between 2,001 and 4,000 miles the price will be £45 in economy class and £90 for other seats.

For journeys of between 4,001 and 6,000 miles, the price is £50 in economy and £100 in premium classes. And flights of more than 6,000 miles, will cost £55 and £110 respectively.

From November 2010, economy class passengers on the shortest flights will be charged £12. Premium class tickets on the longest flights, will pay as much as £170 in APD.

Travel firm organisation Abta said its members would be urged to "raise customers' awareness of this socially-useless tax".

Abta chief executive Mark Tanzer said: "Even the government has stopped pretending is solely a 'green' tax."

BA's customer services director Silla Maizey said: "These huge tax hikes are very bad news for holidaymakers and completely unjustified."

Virgin Atlantic chief executive Steve Ridgway said: "These proposed increases will not only hurt the aviation industry but also harm the British economy and those of many developing countries, like the Caribbean, which heavily rely on the tourism trade."

H.

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APD? :rofl: they are all at it.

But does anybody know if we have to pay from to-day?:frown:

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Just get with the abbreviations girl & be down with the kids! It's the future innit. . . . . . .

Reading the above article, it looks like the APD on a long haul economy flight has gone up from £40 to £50 - The airlines will have known about this & the date it was to come into force, so I'm sure they will have helpfully built it into the cost of your ticket - nothing's too much trouble for any organisation or government department trying to relieve you of some extra cash!

Don't get me started on the proposed minimum price per unit of alcohol, come down heavily on retailers who sell to under age kids & come down even more heavily on those adults that buy booze & give it to the under 18s, BUT, DON'T try & punish responsible drinkers who want to enjoy a nice drink in their own homes, but don't want to or can't afford to pay pub/bar/club prices!

H.

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Wonder if you have to pay the charges, when you book your return flights in Goa. (p.s. 4 candles now)

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No need to worry about APD if you paid some time back.

This will have been charged as AFD (Advance F**k-you-over Duty) and will have resulted in a profusion of Completely Rubbish Abbreviation Points (CRAP) included in your terms of booking.

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Ha,ha,ha - excellent J5, very funny, just read your last post out to OH & we both had a good laugh that your post was refreshingly not full of C.R.A.P.

H. :thumbsup:

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We paid the balance on our holiday to Cuba this weekend. I questioned the TC rep and she assured us that we would not have to pay any more. Mind you she couldn't remember which tax was going up either :confused:

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My we are on form today,
So funny J5
:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:
GC

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Makes you wonder what he has been up too ! ;)

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Just received this from a friend asking


"Have you been notified of the air passenger duty rise. We got an e-mail from Jet Airways telling us about it. You can pay the tax at the airline desk apparently"

We have not heard anything but not going with this airline.

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If, like me, you are incensed at the unwarranted increase in this tax you can register your displeasure through the Daily Telegraph which is running a campaign to have this tax abolished.

You can read about their reasons at www.telegraph.co.uk/apd and then if you wish add your name and address to the petition.

I hope Jet aren't going to apply this increase retrospectively: we paid for our tickets for next January last May!:ohmy:

Alan

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Just heard from friends flying on the 25th November, don't know when they
bought their tickets, but they have also had email from Jet. :thumbdown:

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I booked with Jet a couple of weeks ago to return to the Uk at Xmas,and i have heard nothing.Saying that, it wouldn't bother me too much as we only paid 25000 rps Goa to Heathrow return.

John

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As our flights were booked in Goa - do you think that would make a difference, perhaps we do not pay tax that end