Originally Posted by ELO
Hi Jerry a.laska
I have finally had an agreed itinerary with fare and taxes for an Aone 5 . it comes to 51230 egp. however I can still not make sense of the breakdown in taxes . Can you help my itinerary is confirmed as cai-lhr-per-mel-chc-mel,per-cns,syd-jfk-scl-lim-eze-gru-jfk-dfw-anc-dfw-jfk,bos-mia-lax-lhr-cai.
Then this the breakdown of the taxes ,which does not make much sense . it reads exactly as the email . EGP691EG1741YQ/898GB/268UB/70QR/350AU/45WG/16QK/139WY/86WY/450US/151ZQ/55QO. It seems an excessive amount of an airfare 46270. with taxes etc nearly £500.00 ? Thanks elo
Taxes of almost 10% of the price, though a bit high, is not unheard of for these type of tickets. The normal range is 5-8% of ticket price. And taxes vary whether you transit or stop in a city. The UK is awful in this regard, as a stop in the UK will cost you 40 GBP when you travel in a premium cabin.
Another thing that I have noticed on tickets reviewed by European tariff desks is double foreign exchange conversions. I believe that BA in the UK translates US $ to GBP and then converts that to the local currency. If you do many of these transactions, it can add up.