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Oct 22, 2009 | 5:08 pm

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Originally Posted by globalste

So if I was looking to book a DONE4 and wanted to go to places like South Africa, Asia and Australia, whats the best way to avoid the £100 APD? And what is APD?

APD is Air Passenger Duty a tax by the UK government on premium air travel.

It will go up to GBP 170 for very long haul departure from the UK. The fee is waived for people transiting.

So if you want to avoid the fee you should limit the number of departures from the UK. This can be done by starting from outside the UK and only transiting at LHR, by starting at a UK airport which is exempt (not sure whether this is a practical possibility, I guess not) or you will need to pay. The worst scenario is if someone flies into LHR, stays for a day, flies to MCT and back, stays for a day then flies to IST and back and stays again and then departs to Tokyo. Of course this scenario is not possible if you start your DONE4 from LHR.

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