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Sep 18, 2014 | 4:17 am

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xliioper

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Originally Posted by ridepow

You took a RT with no stops ATL to Bucharest. Gov't imposed taxes/fees are different depending on where you fly and (someone correct me if this is wrong) where you layover. Two recent completed examples below:

XXX(NE corridor short hop)-JFK-AMS-BHX (RT)- Total Cost - $1087.45
MQDs - 695
XXX(rockies)-SLC-ATL-AMS-DOH (RT) - Total Cost - $2105.78
MQDs - 1128

While government fees will vary, they definitely are not as high as the above suggests. JFK-AMX-BHX has $236 in taxes/fees as reported on Delta's site. You can also look up the taxes/fees on Matrix. Adding another domestic hop will add a few taxes, but is should be nowhere near $400 (it should be around $250 or so). Taxes to DOH are actually considerably less than BHX. I get $133.70 on one roundtrip routing I attempted. Something is definitely wrong there. Your receipts should have the tax breakdown. What do they say?

Last edited by xliioper; Sep 18, 2014 at 5:21 am

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