Originally Posted by Spiff
Even those lovely $56 fares had over $20 in taxes added on.
Come to New Zealand. I had a ticket yesterday from Queenstown to Wellington, via Christchurch, and the fare was $NZ67, with $NZ87 in taxes (about $US100 total). I can't recall ever paying more in taxes that for the cost of the revenue ticket itself.
Tom in a food court outide the Reading Cinema in Wellington NZ on wireless