What the hecks going on with Taxes & Fees?
Mar 15, 2022, 3:47 am
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What the hecks going on with Taxes & Fees?
Hoping someone could help explain this to me:
I have an Avios booking using 2 Lloyds vouchers.
NCL-LHR Econ (no CE avail at time of booking)
LHR-JFK Club World
JFK-LHR Club World
LHR-NCL Club Europe
CE seats are now available on the first leg.
Extra taxes to change this 1 flight to CE are £560.94
The Avios agent said "they couldn't explain taxes but everything's going up these days isn't it"
Obviously I just left the booking as is.
I'm wondering if this is because all 4 flights would need to be dropped and rebooked afresh?
I have an Avios booking using 2 Lloyds vouchers.
NCL-LHR Econ (no CE avail at time of booking)
LHR-JFK Club World
JFK-LHR Club World
LHR-NCL Club Europe
CE seats are now available on the first leg.
Extra taxes to change this 1 flight to CE are £560.94
The Avios agent said "they couldn't explain taxes but everything's going up these days isn't it"
Obviously I just left the booking as is.
I'm wondering if this is because all 4 flights would need to be dropped and rebooked afresh?
Mar 15, 2022, 3:56 am
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Tried to upgrade a BA holiday the other day with Avios which is MAD-LHR and LHR-BCN and they wanted approx 280 Euros additional fees on that. Utterely staggering and obviously declined. Not sure what is happening and whether our cases are connected in any way.
Mar 15, 2022, 4:18 am
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Hoping someone could help explain this to me:
I have an Avios booking using 2 Lloyds vouchers.
NCL-LHR Econ (no CE avail at time of booking)
LHR-JFK Club World
JFK-LHR Club World
LHR-NCL Club Europe
CE seats are now available on the first leg.
Extra taxes to change this 1 flight to CE are £560.94
The Avios agent said "they couldn't explain taxes but everything's going up these days isn't it"
Obviously I just left the booking as is.
I'm wondering if this is because all 4 flights would need to be dropped and rebooked afresh?
I have an Avios booking using 2 Lloyds vouchers.
NCL-LHR Econ (no CE avail at time of booking)
LHR-JFK Club World
JFK-LHR Club World
LHR-NCL Club Europe
CE seats are now available on the first leg.
Extra taxes to change this 1 flight to CE are £560.94
The Avios agent said "they couldn't explain taxes but everything's going up these days isn't it"
Obviously I just left the booking as is.
I'm wondering if this is because all 4 flights would need to be dropped and rebooked afresh?
Mar 15, 2022, 4:40 am
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Guess with the price of oil skyrocketing that could be a genuine answer. Unfortunately I feel we will suffer the same fate as the last time oil prices went nuts. BA upped the fuel surcharges for the higher prices and then they never went down after oil prices dropped
Mar 15, 2022, 4:47 am
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We recently rebooked our trip to PUJ to the same dates the following years as the original FTV. An extra £120 was needed in taxes/fees. I’m guessing this has to do with the inflated fuel prices.
unfortunately, making any change to an existing booking results in the taxes/fees being recalculated. So even though the OP only asked for a change to the first leg, the entire trip will have been repriced.
unfortunately, making any change to an existing booking results in the taxes/fees being recalculated. So even though the OP only asked for a change to the first leg, the entire trip will have been repriced.
Mar 15, 2022, 5:03 am
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Ex uk yq for a tatl now £700
hi
Just out of interest I priced a lhr to jfk Club or first flight to New York or washington at the end of april
yq alone is £700
total fees are now £992
From edi the fees are now £1000
Looks like a significant increase in the last few days as last time I checked fees were only c£730 iirc
regards
tbs
Ps dubai is still reasonable at only gbp 606 for taxes and fees
The surcharge does seem to have gone up very quickly and by some of the largest amounts in one go in memory
Just out of interest I priced a lhr to jfk Club or first flight to New York or washington at the end of april
yq alone is £700
total fees are now £992
From edi the fees are now £1000
Looks like a significant increase in the last few days as last time I checked fees were only c£730 iirc
regards
tbs
Ps dubai is still reasonable at only gbp 606 for taxes and fees
The surcharge does seem to have gone up very quickly and by some of the largest amounts in one go in memory
Last edited by The _Banking_Scot; Mar 15, 2022 at 10:18 am
Mar 15, 2022, 5:11 am
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hi
Just out of interest I priced a lhr to jfk Club or first flight to New York or washington
yq alone is £700
total fees is£992
From edi the fees are now £1000
Looks like a significant increase in the last few days as last time I checked fees were only c£730 iirc
regards
tbs
Just out of interest I priced a lhr to jfk Club or first flight to New York or washington
yq alone is £700
total fees is£992
From edi the fees are now £1000
Looks like a significant increase in the last few days as last time I checked fees were only c£730 iirc
regards
tbs
Mar 15, 2022, 9:48 am
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It was inevitable that the fuel cost would be passed onto the customer eventually. Few airlines will have any reserves to stomach this increase now. The reality for the timebeing is that flying is likely to become more expensive.
Mar 15, 2022, 11:06 am
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Hoping someone could help explain this to me:
I have an Avios booking using 2 Lloyds vouchers.
NCL-LHR Econ (no CE avail at time of booking)
LHR-JFK Club World
JFK-LHR Club World
LHR-NCL Club Europe
CE seats are now available on the first leg.
Extra taxes to change this 1 flight to CE are £560.94
The Avios agent said "they couldn't explain taxes but everything's going up these days isn't it"
Obviously I just left the booking as is.
I'm wondering if this is because all 4 flights would need to be dropped and rebooked afresh?
I have an Avios booking using 2 Lloyds vouchers.
NCL-LHR Econ (no CE avail at time of booking)
LHR-JFK Club World
JFK-LHR Club World
LHR-NCL Club Europe
CE seats are now available on the first leg.
Extra taxes to change this 1 flight to CE are £560.94
The Avios agent said "they couldn't explain taxes but everything's going up these days isn't it"
Obviously I just left the booking as is.
I'm wondering if this is because all 4 flights would need to be dropped and rebooked afresh?
Mar 15, 2022, 12:18 pm
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Most airlines secure fuel rates, in advance, for at least 6-months out. It's very surprising to see such swift action. Sadly, I doubt the surcharges would even be lowered if oil was $5/gal.
Mar 15, 2022, 12:41 pm
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If they do, they may only do so for 50% of their expected purchase, paying market for the remainder.
Not when the price of oil goes up! BA are consistently quick there!
They have gone down in the past, but nowhere near as quickly of course. We won't know if they'll be reduced until they are...
It's very surprising to see such swift action.
Sadly, I doubt the surcharges would even be lowered if oil was $5/gal.