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Jul 5, 2023 | 10:35 am

#83

akdancer

Join Date: Mar 2011

Location: SEA, SFO, formerly ANC

Programs: AS 1MM/MVPG, Hertz 5* -- AA, DL, UA

Posts: 133

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Originally Posted by notquiteaff

I don’t think pre-clearance adds anything to the US taxes and fees.

Exercise for a more motivated reader: determine if the Bahamas fees are higher for US departures with pre-clearance than for flights to destinations without pre-clearance. As far as I know, the hosting airport pays for part of the cost of the US gov operating pre-clearance stations.

Thanks for checking this. I didn't mean that the CBP fees were directly connect to pre-clearance. Whether you clear abroad or at US arrival, you pay the same. What interested me was that the CBP fee, around $38 all-in, was fairly high IMO. I hadn't checked it in years. And the departure fees at NAU, as you list them, certainly give the airport enough revenue that they could pay some of the CBP pre-clearance operation. "Tax the traveler" is a commonly-found practice.

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