Originally Posted by
SirJman
About 2 days ago I booked a multi-leg, multiple stopover flight through one of the popular travel booking websites. The ticket was issued with a UA ticket number, but has codeshare flights with other airlines.
When I was making the reservation, I tried to book it a few times, but it kept erroring out. The last time I clicked 'Book', it took 2-3 minutes to process, then it came back saying it found me a cheaper fare of around 200$. Paid for it, card charged, ticket number issued, confirmation numbers all check out on their respective websites, but looking at the receipt on UA.com it shows me that I did not pay any taxes on this reservation at all, just the base fare.
Has anyone else ever had a ticket that had an error like this, and had problems checking in/clearing immigration? I know one time in BKK, I had to pay the thai immigration fee separately in cash before TG issued my BP, as my award ticket through AE didn't have it (<24 hour stopover)
Separate issue between countries / localities which collect taxes at a checkpoint and those which require the carrier to collect for them (as in the USA). In the first instance, call and ask. Their intl desk is good at this and the audit system will catch unpaid fees for collection at your initial departure point. If you owe anything, they can tell you what it is and you can make your own decisions. Booking complex intl itineraries through third party sites is extremely risky and you need to confirm that all is well anyway.