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Jan 12, 2016 | 9:14 pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by JAXBA

You're right, the HN tax is 15% of the fare, including any YQ/YR surcharges.

15% of zero fare/surcharges is zip.

This looks like ba.com hasn't been programmed to remove the HN from your fare quote - it's simply quoting a published fare, removing the fare value and presenting the rest as the amount due, not knowing that the HN should also be removed/recalculated.

I'd suggest posting something in the http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...tter-free.html thread with a link back to this thread so that the ba.com team can look into this. In the meantime, you'd need to call Reservations to have the booking made and the tax removed.

Here's the current information filed in Amadeus on the Honduras HN tax, just for reference:

Code:

FQNTAX/HN/HN
HN HONDURAS
1. TRANSPORTATION TAX

TAX CODE ON TICKET:  * HN *
INTERNAL TAX TYPE :  ( DP )

THIS TAX IS THE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES OF DOCUMENT VALUE
AND IS CHARGED AS INDICATED BELOW:

HN TAX IS LEVIED ON ALL TICKETS ISSUED AND ORIGINATING IN
HONDURAS AND ON ALL TICKETS SOLD OUTSIDE HONDURAS BY
INTERNET AND OTHER ELECTRONIC MEDIA, WHENEVER THE JOURNEY
ORIGINATES IN HONDURAN TERRITORY.  AGENT IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR COLLECTING THIS TAX AS APPLICABLE.

- DOMESTIC TICKETS       -  18% (PERCENT) FIRST/BUSINESS
   TAX ON THE VALUE OF TICKETS, MCOS AND PTAS SOLD AND
  ISSUED ANYWHERE FOR TRAVEL WHOLLY WITHIN HONDURAS.

- DOMESTIC TICKETS       -  15% (PERCENT) ECONOMY CLASS
  TAX ON THE VALUE OF TICKETS, MCOS AND PTAS SOLD AND
  ISSUED ANYWHERE FOR TRAVEL WHOLLY WITHIN HONDURAS.

- INTERNATIONAL TICKETS  -  18% (PERCENT) FIRST/BUSINESS
   TAX ON THE VALUE OF TICKETS, MCOS AND PTAS SOLD AND
  ISSUED ANYWHERE FOR TRAVEL ORIGINATING IN HONDURAS.

- INTERNATIONAL TICKETS  -  15% (PERCENT) ECONOMY CLASS
  TAX ON THE VALUE OF TICKETS, MCOS AND PTAS SOLD AND
  ISSUED ANYWHERE FOR TRAVEL ORIGINATING IN HONDURAS.


HN IS COLLECTED AGAINST YQ / YR

TAX IS NOT INTERLINEABLE.

REFUNDABLE WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE ISSUANCE OF THE TICKET.

EXEMPTIONS:
- FOR DOMESTIC TRAVEL; GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.
- FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL; DIPLOMATS.

Thank you for the suggestion. I have posted it in the thread you recommended.

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