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Old Jul 25, 2025 | 3:38 pm
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Originally Posted by jsloan
US Transportation Tax is 7.5%. UA is showing the base price and then including a line item for the tax once you've made a selection. I feel like one of AA or DL used to do the same thing, but both now seem to be showing the all-in price. I think UA will probably have to switch to showing the all-in price also; I don't think the US government wants anyone to pay attention to the amount of tax wants consumers to be offered a lowball price and then hit with the total after making a purchase decision.
This is really disappointing and it hikes the cost too.

I guess I always assumed they were remitting it or something, since the upgrade was priced the same as the fare differential, which is inclusive of US.
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