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Apr 11, 2011, 2:42 am

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Originally Posted by ajnz

I don't know whether this approach would work in the UK (?), but in Australia/NZ a merchant is required to give a tax invoice, and very quickly airlines (or any other merchant) will sort themselves out if you make noises about informing the relevant tax authorities.

There was a thread about this and Virgin Blue a few years ago. Perhaps that sort of scare tactic would work in this case.

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Originally Posted by bostontraveler

Excellent idea... :-)

The minor issue being that in the UK flights are not subject to VAT, so BA won't issue a VAT receipt.

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