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Old Oct 1, 2016 | 6:03 am
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Originally Posted by Ldnn1
For a one-way it's worse. However a return from the USA to LHR is more expensive than a return from LHR to the USA.
Care to show your work on that one? UK Air Passenger Duty alone (and then there are airport fees) exceeds U.S. taxes. You may have a BA thing going on.
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