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Apr 23, 2016, 8:02 am

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xliioper

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Originally Posted by FindAWay

See this existing thread on the topic: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/south...ation-tax.html

The reason for the price difference is that the DR has a 18% Tax on the base fare which is ONLY due when your point of origin is the DR. When you book a roundtrip fare from the US, your point of origin is the US and there is no 18% DR tax due. The Southwest fee listings can be a bit cryptic. They call this 18% tax "Transportation Tax (International)" in the fee breakdown. In the case above, $180 x 18% = $32.40. If you book a flight on Delta, they have more detail on this tax along with the two-letter fee code, "Dominican Republic - Transportation Tax (DO)". So, in short, this is a real tax and Southwest is correctly charging it only for DR point of origin flights.

Last edited by xliioper; Apr 23, 2016 at 8:16 am

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