Originally Posted by
serfty
There are reports on FT of travellers succeeding in get the APD waived in similar circumstances. It appear to require some effort but seems possible.
See here (and the threads/posts linked therein):
The wording and clarification on the HMRC does seem to be more precise than it used to be ; I cannot see from the current wording how there would be any ambiguity and that any agent manually overriding the tax claim is wrong
As it happens, it wouldn't really bother the HMRC since the liability for the tax is on the airline not the passenger anyway
... the airlines arn't obligated to pass it to passengers iirc
Dave