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Old Jul 11, 2012, 5:10 pm
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Unhappy I though AP redeptions on United did'nt call for the rip off Fuel surcharge!
I was looking at a reward redemption for friend -

EDI/YUL return on United flights EDI/EWR/YUL

It's calling for a Fuel Surcharge of $338.00

Did I miss something?

I though we avoided this using United flights.
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Old Jul 11, 2012, 5:29 pm
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It is not fuel surcharge. It is UK Air Passenger Duty of about $210 for business class flights departing UK.
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Old Jul 11, 2012, 5:32 pm
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Originally Posted by echino
It is not fuel surcharge. It is UK Air Passenger Duty of about $210 for business class flights departing UK.
No they are listed also . It states Fuel surcharge.

Along with another dozen odd charges.

Total is $668 dollars in charges.
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Old Jul 11, 2012, 5:33 pm
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Originally Posted by echino
It is not fuel surcharge. It is UK Air Passenger Duty of about $210 for business class flights departing UK.
Plus this is for an economy flight

Ive tried it a few times with the same result. Then on another attempt the fee's came down to $200 odd dollars. Weird.
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Old Jul 11, 2012, 5:35 pm
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Originally Posted by getaround
Plus this is for an economy flight

Ive tried it a few times with the same result. Then on another attempt the fee's came down to $200 odd dollars. Weird.
Uh-oh. Looks like another enhancement is in the works.
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Old Jul 11, 2012, 5:38 pm
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EDI-EWR-YUL Return should look like that in taxes minus the YQ

US September 11th Security Fee (AY) CA$5.20
UA YQ surcharge (YQ) CA$345.20
USDA APHIS Fee (XA) CA$10.40
US Immigration Fee (XY) CA$14.60
US Customs Fee (YC) CA$11.40
United Kingdom Air Passengers Duty (GB) CA$105.40
United Kingdom Passenger Service Charge (UB) CA$18.10
Montreal Trudeau Airport Improvement Fee (SQ) CA$25.00
Canadian Goods and Services Tax (XG) CA$1.25
Quebec Sales Tax (XQ) CA$2.49
Canadian Air Travelers Security Charge (CA) CA$25.91
US Passenger Facility Charge (XF) CA$4.70
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Old Jul 11, 2012, 5:45 pm
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I got a EDI-EWR-ORD-YUL-IAD-FRA-EDI (only availability I could find with the dates I selected)

And get 317$ of taxes (108$ for UK air duty as bigges item), 55$ YQ for the FRA-EDI segment on LH (UA for the rest).
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Old Jul 11, 2012, 10:01 pm
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UA YQ surcharge (YQ) CA$345.20

is this new?
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Old Jul 12, 2012, 5:16 am
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I did the search in AP again this morning and it is still around $200 odd. I'm thinking it was picking up some AC fuel surcharge into the mix. Some IT issue I think.
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Old Jul 12, 2012, 7:33 am
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Originally Posted by getaround
Some IT issue I think.
That's how it starts.
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Old Jul 12, 2012, 7:56 am
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I hope it is not just AC IT was testing the "new" setting and forgot to turn it off yesterday.
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Old Jul 12, 2012, 4:20 pm
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Booked last night 3 business class tickets for Stl-ord-iad-bru-ord-stl with AP on UA metal and paid a whopping $340 (total) in fees. Would have been over $2K on AC or $1500 on LH/AC/UA combo flight.
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