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Old Jun 25, 2014 | 2:31 am
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Originally Posted by SaraJH
Wow, £800 in taxes for a redemption flight next January and a standard booking (discounted fare obviously) can be found for £1200 return.
The £800 is not all taxes. A lot will be BA's fuel surcharge. This is not a tax, but a carrier imposed fee (~profit). Some will be the UK APD which is on UK departure only. Some people avoid APD this by leaving from DUB, AMS or where ever and transit through LHR/LGW

Never confuse real taxes paid to governments with carrier imposed fees (~profit)
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