Originally Posted by
FullFare
After paying all the taxes, we both paid $1300 RT for the tix. Cool. By the way (BTW) the fare value for each ticket was, but $500. The rest was taxes and those rip-off British taxes for leaving LHR on a business fair. Fair enough. I've been putting up with this all my life.
A $1,300 ticket should be about $1,100 in fare, give or take.
$500 may be the base fare, but the biggest rip off was the fuel surcharges that the airline charged, and that does count as PQDs.
This is off a recent receipt of mine. $1,500 total price, $500 fare, $850 in surcharges, should net $1,350 PQD:
Fare Breakdown
Airfare: 500.00 USD
U.S. Customs User Fee: 5.50
U.S. Immigration User Fee: 7.00
U.S. APHIS User Fee: 5.00
U.S. Federal Transportation Tax: 35.00
September 11th Security Fee: 7.50
Germany Passenger Service Charge: 46.10
Italy Security Bag Charge: 3.70
Italy Council City Tax: 9.00
Italy Embarkation Tax: 14.70
Italy Passenger Service Charge: 1.10
Italy Security Charge: 5.00
International Surcharge: 856.00
U.S. Passenger Facility Charge: 13.50
Per Person Total: 1,509.10
USD
eTicket Total: 1,509.10
USD
The airfare you paid on this itinerary totals: 500.00 USD
The taxes, fees,
and surcharges paid total: 1,009.10 USD
Fare Rules: Additional charges may apply for changes in addition to any fare rules listed.