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Old Dec 7, 2014, 9:58 am
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Originally Posted by britenbsas
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And a reminder that the 2 highest bands of APD (Bands C and D) will be abolished from April 2015. All flights over 2000 miles will be charged at the same band B rate from next year potentially saving up to £52 pp for the longest flights in premium cabins
Originally Posted by Stripy
Doesn't look like this has been mentioned anywhere (on the AA pages) so here goes....

UK APD is being scrapped (on coach tickets) for children under 12 (on day of travel) from May 2015. This will be broadened to include children under the age of 16 (on day of travel) from May 2016.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...ldren-scrapped
Added to the wiki; thank you both. (Any member with 90/90 can edit the wiki.)
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