Originally Posted by
Jerry_Maguire
On a related but slightly different tack to this thread, am I correct that any XONEX reissue that adds flights in the USA and in Europe should attract new taxes, as well as the $125 change fee?
I just reissued a LONE3 (over the phone, AA RTW desk) to add 4 US sectors and 2 European ones, as was charged just the flat $125. Nice, but I am thinking if I do any further reissues someone may catch that taxes are due...
Speaking from observation and not real knowledge, it seems that U.S. airports typically do not apply a per-passenger fee of the kind that the airlines are free to add to your ticket price. I'm not sure why the small per-segment federal security charge doesn't get passed down, but my experience has also been that re-issues that add US segments do end up with a $125 total charge. Perhaps you got lucky and picked flights through benevolent European airports as well.
As for future changes, don't get gray worrying about that one. The rate desks seem anxious to do as little as necessary to get you out of their hair, so it's unlikely they'll give any thought to what you've paid or not paid.
On the other side, I have had two occasions (on AA flights out of Central American stations) where the check-in agent had been trained to scan the tax line and add-collect for an unpaid tax.