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Old Jan 8, 2011, 3:46 pm
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jcf27
 
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Originally Posted by Eastbay1K
What about when it is conveniently wrapped up in your ticket price v. a separately paid item? No one gets upset with Argentina departure fees anymore even though they about doubled when they became part of the ticket price. And this is paid on every departure (although it doesn't discriminate re: national origin).
You can't unless you redesign all booking systems to handle the complexity of bookings plus enforcement in immigration. There are multiple moving variables involved in your idea. Leaving EZE is easy because everyone is subject to the departure tax and the cost is uniform.

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