Infant award taxes
Mar 23, 2019, 10:34 am
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Infant award taxes
Having become a father recently, I am trying to figure out the cost of adding an infant to an award booking.
eg: ORD-FRA-BRU oneway is 52.000 miles and 612.58 USD (taxes, fees and airline surcharge).
Adding a newborn infant would then cost 0 miles but an additional 612.58 USD?
eg: ORD-FRA-BRU oneway is 52.000 miles and 612.58 USD (taxes, fees and airline surcharge).
Adding a newborn infant would then cost 0 miles but an additional 612.58 USD?
Mar 24, 2019, 3:45 am
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Having become a father recently, I am trying to figure out the cost of adding an infant to an award booking.
eg: ORD-FRA-BRU oneway is 52.000 miles and 612.58 USD (taxes, fees and airline surcharge).
Adding a newborn infant would then cost 0 miles but an additional 612.58 USD?
eg: ORD-FRA-BRU oneway is 52.000 miles and 612.58 USD (taxes, fees and airline surcharge).
Adding a newborn infant would then cost 0 miles but an additional 612.58 USD?
Mar 24, 2019, 9:06 am
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When you call in, ask them to break out the taxes. Remember that taxes and fees are entirely different animals. Taxes paid to the government and simply collected by the carrier. Fees are a cash supplement and part of the fare.
You will wind up paying some of the former, but there should be none of the latter.
You will wind up paying some of the former, but there should be none of the latter.
Mar 24, 2019, 9:43 am
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When you call in, ask them to break out the taxes. Remember that taxes and fees are entirely different animals. Taxes paid to the government and simply collected by the carrier. Fees are a cash supplement and part of the fare.
You will wind up paying some of the former, but there should be none of the latter.
You will wind up paying some of the former, but there should be none of the latter.
Mar 25, 2019, 8:56 pm
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