Originally Posted by irishguy28

I don't think the UK APD can be avoided by the above suggestion. UK APD can be avoided if any stopover in the UK itself is less than 24 hours, but on tickets that depart from the UK, it is levied regardless. A ticket from UK to wherever will carry the appropriate APD for the final journey, regardless of where any stopovers are made, and regardless of how long the intermediate stopover lasts. The key is to not have a ticket with a longhaul destination included issued in the UK at all.