Originally Posted by dvs7310

It does sound quite high. My DONE5 has base fare of 145,000 EGP (Converted to 4680 AUD). Total YQ AUD 1839.60, Total YR AUD 146.4 and Total taxes AUD 603. Your YQ sounds similar, but that Insurance surcharge really makes a difference.

Mine is all QR and JL codes on long segments with one domestic AA and AS. I don't know where this perception is coming from that QR's YQ is high, this is my 3rd itinerary that is heavy on QR segments but two of those are ex-Japan without YQ. But while building this one I didn't get the impression QR is high. It seems to be that BA and QF are the worst offenders and I think CX is a bit on the high side for long hauls as well.

I do remember when playing around with itineraries, MH and CX jacked it up quite a bit and having the initial RJ segment was more than just QR to DOH (but don't recall exactly how much more since you can't test that in the tool, want to say around AUD 100 or 150).

I'm curious about your Airline Insurance Surcharge mentioned, that's steep and my only guess is that it's coming from IB since that's your only long segment you have that I don't, but guess it could be any of BA, IB, CX, or MH. It's the first time I've heard of it on a QF issued ticket, the only other mention I recall was on a JL issued one.

Pull your itinerary on the Finnair site and download the eticket (it's under passenger information on the left side). It gives you a full breakdown of the fees on the ticket (though it doesn't break down which airline YQ and YR is assigned to, which I'd love to know).

Egypt is responsible for a huge number of the taxes and fees, but they don't add up to a whole lot, maybe AUD 50-60 total. Qatar's sting @ AUD174 since I transit there so many times and the US is pretty high (AUD139) having 2 international arrivals and departures.