Originally Posted by
Jun_Man
Thank you for the quick reply: booked via TA; ticketing airline is QR; I did ask for codeshares.
My assumption is that the bulk of the charge is YQ / YR, but ultimately I'm curious to understand what would be determining factors for the entire amount. When I asked the TA (and it was to a certain extent moot because i was going to book the ticket anyway) I was told they couldn't know without some trial and error on different routes etc. I'm trying to find out more, so that when I book next time, I can go into the process with a more informed view as to what works and what doesn't. For example, I could just as easily do an ex-TYO DONE4 (which appears to have a good base ticket price, based on the latest table I've seen), and would do so if that made a material difference to the taxes and surcharges. There was a comment up thread about India introducing a premium for business class cabins, which was what prompted me to ask my original question - I presume that would not count as YQ / YR if I've paid it.
If I asked the TA, should they be able to give me a line by line breakdown of the taxes?
If you have at least one flight on Finnair, you may be able to get an email with a breakdown of the levies, surcharges and taxes that have been charged.
Using the Amadeus PNR and your Surname, this will be possible if you can bring the booking up using Finnair manage booking.
https://www.finnair.com/us-en/manage
If the booking comes up, click "Passenger and Documents" on the left, then select "E-Ticket and document numbers" that appears. Choose "Send e-ticket receipt", select/enter your email address.
In a few minutes you should receive an email, among the content of which is a full list of the Surcharge, Tax and Levy codes and the amount of each.