Ever heard of 723 pounds in taxes on a one-way booking?
May 30, 2012, 1:12 pm
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Ever heard of 723 pounds in taxes on a one-way booking?
I am trying to do DEL-BKK-SYD-SFO with cash and miles in C class. Was quoted 202 pounds as the cash component and 723.30 as taxes 
258 was YQ and 340.50 as airport taxes. ICC will not give me further breakdown.
DEL-BKK : TG
BKK - SYD: TG
Stopover in Sydney for 4 days
SYD - SFO : UA
This is WAY more than what ITA shows.
What is going on?
258 was YQ and 340.50 as airport taxes. ICC will not give me further breakdown.DEL-BKK : TG
BKK - SYD: TG
Stopover in Sydney for 4 days
SYD - SFO : UA
This is WAY more than what ITA shows.
What is going on?
Last edited by 1k650; May 30, 2012 at 1:24 pm
May 30, 2012, 1:25 pm
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May 30, 2012, 1:26 pm
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The problem is the Indian Luxury Tax - levied on all premium tickets departing India.
I believe this is a percentage of a full fare ticket - and most likely the ICC is once again not treating an award as zero base.
Had the same trouble with ex-BGI. Had to get PTS involved.
I believe this is a percentage of a full fare ticket - and most likely the ICC is once again not treating an award as zero base.
Had the same trouble with ex-BGI. Had to get PTS involved.
May 30, 2012, 1:34 pm
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May 30, 2012, 2:00 pm
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May 30, 2012, 5:44 pm
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It is the JN tax for sure...I had this problem too with a flight departing India. They gave me the tax figure and, thanks to reading these forums, I queried what amount was showing for the JN tax, they told me it was around £500+ and I informed them that they should not be charging JN tax for redemption tickets but, if it was a problem to get the correct figure I would pay then deal through refunds.
They called me back when they said they would and gave me the new tax figure minus the JN tax
They called me back when they said they would and gave me the new tax figure minus the JN tax
May 30, 2012, 10:49 pm
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The total amount quoted, including cash component is 925.30 pounds for a one-way redemption! Of this, 202 is the cash component. Must be the JN tax although the ICC insisted that there was no JN. Is this possible?
May 31, 2012, 6:22 am
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Not YQ. As rankourabu says, it's the percentage value added tax. The call centre is incorrectly copying the value from some sort of dummy booking based on the full revenue fare for the ticket which is obviously going to be insanely high for a premium one-way. You'll need to HUACA or get Pre-Travel Support to deal with it.
BTW I can easily beat 723 in taxes - the same issue out of Mexico left them trying to tell me the tax was over 1,000.
BTW I can easily beat 723 in taxes - the same issue out of Mexico left them trying to tell me the tax was over 1,000.