Originally Posted by
Misnerfamily
Can anyone provide some rough costs for a LONE4 ex JNB w/taxes? I'm only asking because once I'm in a decent range I won't have to keep tweaking.
I seem to get pricing around $2500 + $1500 (taxes/surcharges etc). This is with minimizing BA flights, taking IB codes on BA metal, JAL, and AA in North America where possible.
I don't think this is a bad price. I'm just shocked that fees represent 60% of the ticket. I was thinking 20-30% should be about right.
Any comments or insight?
Tx Kevin
We can't provide a tax estimate range without knowing the planned routing, transits vs stop overs and airlines, all of which can affect the tax/fee amount. A couple of times during planning my trips, I've come across quoted taxes as
more then the ticket base price.
I've been shocked by the amount of taxes/fees changed on my trips a few times. Once I had a trip where the entire tax/fee component was $800. The next trip had that component at close to $1700 with
just the fuel surcharge being more then $800.