Originally Posted by
martin33
sure it doesn't matter currently, but that's entirely arbitrary. the UK government itself used to disagree with that position. VIP upgrades did not attract the surcharge. amen to its coming demise...
I don't recall any time where use of upgrade instruments did not cause a liability for the airline to pay the higher rate of duty for that passenger. The airline isn't required to charge it to the passenger
I would not praise the departure of the APD until knowing that what replaces it will be lower than current. I would suspect that with it being a per aeroplane tax it could work out worse