Originally Posted by
baggageinhall
As stated in post 2, the tax is only applicable for itineraries that begin in India. Therefore, this is one of those notable examples where booking two one-way award tickets is ill advised for journeys that begin outside India.
sometimes it makes a big difference & sometimes the difference is very little....take for example a 9w award in première, leaving del on the 16th of july & coming back from lhr on the 23rd of july:
del - lhr (one way) is inr 9,871
lhr - del (one way) is £203.47 (approx inr 13,800)
del - lhr (return) is inr 26,122
lhr - delhi (return on similar dates) in £308.47 (approx inr 20,900)
if i booked 2 one way tickets then i would save a little over inr 2,000....sometimes a saving that is so little is not worth the hassal of having to explain to the immigration agent why you bought 2 seperate one way tickets (i have been stuck in this situation once)....