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Sep 19, 2017, 10:01 pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by lingecw

I booked a few tickets from Calgary to Bangkok a few days ago, and paid the fees. Today, I called in to change for the date of the last leg HKG->BKK, I assumed there should not be any extra charge to amend that as it is the same Cathay flight, the only difference is the day and time. But I was charged an extra $15.30 per person, and the agent said that it is due to the difference of the international tax, and she said the international tax is changing every day.
Does it sound right?

Quote:

Originally Posted by azepine00

often if you change from connection to stopover additional taxes/fees are collected - can that be your case here?

Change from same day connection to overnight would explain it. That would trigger the Air Passenger Departure Tax (APDT) of HK$120 which is ~$15.37 as of this second using google's currency converter