With the new board structure I'm not sure where this question should go, since it's not related to a particular airline, but is related to frequent flier accounts..

I'm thinking about redeeming an award to London (Heathrow, probably) from the US. I understand if I redeem an award I'd have to pay the taxes. Approximately how much would that me? Does it vary depending on if I book a coach, biz or first ticket?

Thanks for any feedback.

Hey pitflyer -

I just "bought" a reward ticket to Scotland for the end of August in Y. The taxes were $58.00. I would imagine London would be similar - both UK.

- K

All are similar except for Heathrow which has a much higher "facilities charge" which is closer to about $58 on its own.

Have award tickets for London Gatewick 8/21 cost on Delta was $48.19 from Boston.

If we are talking about the transit taxes, and landing fees, the charge from IAD to LHR, rt was $92 in Jan.

Hi people,

Typical UK Total Taxes are as follow (I think):-

Economy within EU is �15-16
Economy outside EU is �55-60
Anything other than Economy in EU is �21-22
Anything other than Economy outside EU is �75-80

These are for LHR & LGW, some airports are cheaper in the UK. Take a look on expedia for your intended route as it break off the tax cost for you.

There is a fee charged at LHR and LGW, it will be shown as UB on your ticket. It is a Passenger Service charge imposed by the airport operators in the UK for each Passengers use of the facilities at the airport. I think it is �6.40. Nice income generator with the 50m or so passengers at LHR, and the 35m or so at LGW!!

In my opinion, these are high, but then thats our greedy Labour Government for you. Just because I can afford to fly in luxury, why should I pay more tax? I'm taxed enough at 40%. Its unlikely that anyone in the lower tax brackets is going to be flying Business/First out of their own pockets.

Thanks,
Richard

Im just curious are there any charges in/out of CDG for award tickets? Last time flew in US took Eurostar and flew out and out LGW cannot remember what the charges were then.
Mike

I just got off a virgin upper class rewad flight LHR-LAX and the taxes on the ticket we're $51

One thing I sometimes do when flying into the UK from the US is to try to return out of an airport on the continent if I was leaving from there anyway (ie we're talking about open-jaw here). That tends to reduce tha taxes by $25-35 (plus gives me the satisfaction of knowing I'm not letting myself get fleeced ), more if flying business/first.

Yonatan