Originally Posted by
HarryKUK
Why is almost all of it non refundable? When the base fare is so low, surely that means most of it IS refundable in terms of taxes etc?
In the case of my LHR-MAD-LHR flights which were often £9 base fare, rest taxes and fuel
Taxes are refundable, fuel surcharge is not. And in practice, what you pay (beyond base fare) is far more fuel surcharge than government taxes. In practice, real taxes are low and the handling fee for refund brings the refund down to very low levels.