Originally Posted by
DownUnderFlyer
The tickets were not set up as Conjunction Tickets in any legal sense and not in one booklet. Here is the relevant legislation (bolding mine):
The connected flights must be detailed on the same ticket or conjunction tickets to qualify for the exemption. Tickets can only be regarded as conjunction tickets if:
a. they are in one booklet, or
b. where they are in separate booklets:
■each refers to the other and states that they are to be read in conjunction, or
■there is a summary of the flights constituting the passengers journey including the flights in question.
It is sufficient to have a TA issue one itinerary which includes the entire journey including the two tickets. So that the two tickets can be read in conjunction.
Oh, and getting the refund from AA took 9 months.
You omitted the
following from that except:
c. where the tickets are purchased online, they are purchased at the same time through the same portal.
Although the flights may meet all the other criteria for determining whether two flights are connected, they will only qualify for the exemption if the connection is evidenced on the ticket or a flight summary.
It seems AA decided they were effectively set up as Conjunction Ticket; whether the TA did or not.
With APD it's the role of the carrier to advise (and pay) HM Revenue on a Monthly basis the total number of passengers carried, how many were exempt, the total numbers of each passenger in each band and the total APD paid. They do not need to detail each individual case.