Originally Posted by
christep
Has anyone got an ex-S America ticket priced up for purchase in Canada? Since Canada is the point of sale I don't see how it could be liable to the sales tax in the S American country so presumably this would save quite a bit of money in many cases.
(The same would apply for the "luxury tax" on non-economy tickets ex-India if that still exists.)
My understanding is that these ticket taxes eg Peru,Argentina,Colombia and Ecuador are levied regardless of where the ticket is issued. The tax is on any ticket that originates from these countries. Chile and Brasil do not levy a ticket tax and have the same pricing as the other South American countries.