Originally Posted by
JOUY31
Apparently, some people do. What I am puzzled about is the fact that they want total transparency for YQ, which represents at most 25% of the total price of a revenue ticket, while leaving the rest of the price setting structure unchanged,
Just a nitpick : I was asked by a coworker about redeeming miles to get to EDI for the holidays with his wife and daughter. I searched for the price of tickets to show him that he would do better buy purchasing revenue tickets than using miles. The results, reminded me of your approximation :
Fare 1: Carrier KL RSRFR SXB to EDI (rules)
Passenger type ADT, round trip fare, booking code R
Covers SXB-AMS (Economy), AMS-EDI (Economy)
10,50 €
Fare 2: Carrier KL RSRFR EDI to SXB (rules)
Passenger type ADT, round trip fare, booking code R
Covers EDI-AMS (Economy), AMS-SXB (Economy)
10,50 €
KL YR surcharge (YR) 164,00 €
The Netherlands Passenger Service Charge (RN) 13,20 €
The Netherlands Noise Isolation Charge (VV) 4,00 €
The Netherlands Security Service Charge (CJ) 14,48 €
French Aviation Civile Tax (FR) 4,24 €
French International Passenger Service Charge (QX) 7,29 €
French Airport Tax (FR) 13,25 €
French Air Passenger Solidarity Tax (IZ) 1,00 €
United Kingdom Air Passengers Duty (GB) 15,79 €
United Kingdom Passenger Service Charge (UB) 13,83 €
Subtotal per passenger 272,08 €
The YQ surcharge is 60% of the total price in this case, and 780% of the base fare.