£57 + £57 = £120???

Steve Oh · Jan 4, 13, 4:49 pm

Flights to Belfast for a friends wedding in August

LHR-BHD £57
BHD-LHR £57
Total = £120

Where does the extra £6 come from?

And, why are there 2 Passenger Service Charges?

Passenger Service Charge - United Kingdom GBP 19.17
Passenger Service Charge - United Kingdom GBP 28.30

And finally - it states "if you choose to pay using a UK billed credit card or PayPal, you will incur a surcharge of £4.50 per passenger" - so, if we pay using my wife's Credit Card, which is billed in Italy, there will be no surcharge?

**LTN Phobia** · Jan 4, 13, 4:52 pm

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Originally Posted by Steve Oh

And, why are there 2 Passenger Service Charges?

Passenger Service Charge - United Kingdom GBP 19.17
Passenger Service Charge - United Kingdom GBP 28.30

Presumably because Belfast is in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

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Originally Posted by Steve Oh

And finally - it states "if you choose to pay using a UK billed credit card or PayPal, you will incur a surcharge of £4.50 per passenger" - so, if we pay using my wife's Credit Card, which is billed in Italy, there will be no surcharge?

Correct, if the billing address is in Italy.

David-A · Jan 4, 13, 4:54 pm

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Originally Posted by LTN Phobia

Birmingham is in the United Kingdom...

As is Belfast City.

Birmingham is BHX

stu1985 · Jan 4, 13, 4:54 pm

Birmingham? I think the OP is going to Belfast

**LTN Phobia** · Jan 4, 13, 4:54 pm

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Originally Posted by David-A

As is Belfast City.

Birmingham is BHX

Yes I had already corrected my dopey error before I saw your post. He even said Belfast in the post... Oh dear @ my brain.

Filthy Monkey · Jan 4, 13, 4:56 pm

I had the same problem this week with a Glasgow flight from Heathrow. £58 each way equated to £140 at the payment screen! Called BA and the woman who answered told me it was because the booking system was having trouble updating due to so many bookings during the sale. Seriously...?!

**Prospero** · Jan 4, 13, 4:56 pm

PSC is the fee levied by the UK airport operator, so there's two separate lines - one for LHR, the other for BHD.

Steve Oh · Jan 4, 13, 4:56 pm

So you have to pay for leaving one UK airport and then landing in another?????

Bloody cheeks!

What about the cheeky £6 they've slipped in there?

David-A · Jan 4, 13, 4:56 pm

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Originally Posted by LTN Phobia

Yes I had already corrected my dopey error. He even said Belfast in the post... Oh dear.

Was about to delete my post, as I had seen your edit, but you replied again.

Filthy Monkey · Jan 4, 13, 4:58 pm

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Originally Posted by LTN Phobia

Correct, if the billing address is in Italy.

I use Germany as my home country to avoid CC charges, even though my CC billing address is in UK. Think it's ridiculous that we get hit with the charge when most other European countries avoid it!

David-A · Jan 4, 13, 5:00 pm

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Originally Posted by Steve Oh

So you have to pay for leaving one UK airport and then landing in another?????

Bloody cheeks!

I think you will find that applies in most places.

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What about the cheeky £6 they've slipped in there?

Is it a tax difference? (can't see how), if not a fare difference - you would need to look at the fare codes and see the published fares. I could be that the return fare in class * is more than the one way plus the one way in the other dir in that class.
Or it might be things that dont combine, forcing a higher one.
Or ...

stu1985 · Jan 4, 13, 5:02 pm

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Originally Posted by LTN Phobia

Yes I had already corrected my dopey error before I saw your post. He even said Belfast in the post... Oh dear @ my brain.

It's late on a Friday night.....you're allowed (just this once, mind)

Steve Oh · Jan 4, 13, 5:04 pm

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Originally Posted by David-A

Is it a tax difference? (can't see how), if not a fare difference - you would need to look at the fare codes and see the published fares. I could be that the return fare in class * is more than the one way plus the one way in the other dir in that class.
Or it might be things that dont combine, forcing a higher one.
Or ...

Both fares are £10, and the taxes add up to £110, so that all works out, but it's just where the extra £3 comes from.
Both fares are 'O'

Not totally fussed tbh, it's only £6 - it's more the principal really.

David-A · Jan 4, 13, 5:05 pm

Have you advanced these all the way to the final quote screen? (The first search results screen can sometimes be a little bit high, and things drop a little later when priced to penny)

Steve Oh · Jan 4, 13, 5:08 pm

Yup, all the way to passengers names, and now it's gone up another 47p !!
Total price now £120.47 lol