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Old Jan 11, 2011 | 9:46 am
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Originally Posted by bmccaslin
I was looking in October for the same thing - I saw roundtrip from ATL to LHR for 60K miles and about $160 in taxes per ticket. Flying into LGW was also 60K miles, but the taxes were only $130 per ticket.

What dates were you looking at where the taxes were so expensive?
It's only foreign-originating flights where the fees are high. In other words, ATL-LHR-ATL is charged differently than LHR-ATL-LHR when it comes to fees.
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