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Old Oct 31, 2011 | 9:18 am
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Originally Posted by albsquirrel
Hello,

I have been trying to book a trip to Easter Island using BA points for LAN, tried this itinerary:

JFK-LIM(stop)-SCL(stop)-IPC
IPC-SCL-EZE(stop)-JFK

The taxes came out to almost $200 dollar per person though, which sounded quite high to me. Anybody have experience with this, do those taxes sound reasonable? When I asked the agent why the tax was so high, he had no idea and couldn't explain what was included in the tax amount.

Thanks for your help.
That amount will probably include fuel surcharges, and won't just be taxes. What class are you in? I'm assuming Y because the fees/taxes are so low.
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