Fraud
Jul 29, 2002 | 11:38 am
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Fraud
Fraud or something like that.
I just cancelled my first WP award travel and got there cancellation verifaction and refund. My ? is that isn't this travel suppost to be free, besides taxes on mine they had a fare of 21.08 and taxes of $35.50 is this how it was when you cancelled award travel?
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Sorry mama i gots to get all the miles i can
Brian
[This message has been edited by brians51 (edited 07-29-2002).]
I just cancelled my first WP award travel and got there cancellation verifaction and refund. My ? is that isn't this travel suppost to be free, besides taxes on mine they had a fare of 21.08 and taxes of $35.50 is this how it was when you cancelled award travel?
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Sorry mama i gots to get all the miles i can
Brian
[This message has been edited by brians51 (edited 07-29-2002).]
Jul 29, 2002 | 12:34 pm
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Fraud? Not based on the limited information you provided to us.
Some taxes are required on reward travel. Some security fees are required on reward travel. You could have had these explained to you when you initially paid these.
Furthermore, it sounds like "there" [sic] cancellation verification indicated that NW is refunding everything you paid.
So what's the problem?
Some taxes are required on reward travel. Some security fees are required on reward travel. You could have had these explained to you when you initially paid these.
Furthermore, it sounds like "there" [sic] cancellation verification indicated that NW is refunding everything you paid.
So what's the problem?
Jul 29, 2002 | 2:39 pm
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no my question was that if award travel is FREE tickets why was there a "FARE" charge in addition to the taxes. Even if you say it is for 9/11/01 the max is $10 per round trip and even if it is landing fees it should be put as a fee not as a fare charge. I was just wondering if this is common place, to have a fare charge on an Award ticket which is supposed to be free.
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Sorry mama i gots to get all the miles i can
Brian
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Sorry mama i gots to get all the miles i can
Brian
Jul 29, 2002 | 3:37 pm
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Are you looking at a paper ticket? Does the amount listed next to "fare" have a 2-letter designator next to it? If so, it's also a tax. The problem is that the standard ARC ticket stock doesn't have enough lines to indicate all the different kinds of taxes and fees there are today, so they sometimes have to print a tax amount on the "fare" line. You should see an amount of $0 above this, with no designator next to it. That is the base fare.
Jul 30, 2002 | 1:06 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Steve M:
Are you looking at a paper ticket? Does the amount listed next to "fare" have a 2-letter designator next to it? If so, it's also a tax. The problem is that the standard ARC ticket stock doesn't have enough lines to indicate all the different kinds of taxes and fees there are today, so they sometimes have to print a tax amount on the "fare" line. You should see an amount of $0 above this, with no designator next to it. That is the base fare.</font>
Are you looking at a paper ticket? Does the amount listed next to "fare" have a 2-letter designator next to it? If so, it's also a tax. The problem is that the standard ARC ticket stock doesn't have enough lines to indicate all the different kinds of taxes and fees there are today, so they sometimes have to print a tax amount on the "fare" line. You should see an amount of $0 above this, with no designator next to it. That is the base fare.</font>
- Those with a 2-character prefix are taxes or fees of one sort or another. Examples include YC, US, and XT. As far as I know, these codes are internal to the airline industry (probably set by IATA).
- Those with a 3-character prefix are base fares, or total amounts paid. The 3-character code represents the ISO currency code in which the amount is stated.
So, in order to detemine the particulars of brians51's situation, we need to know the details of what's printed on his ticket.
Jul 30, 2002 | 8:53 am
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I'm sorry if i wasn't clear in my first posting. This is not a ticket I am looking at. It is mt cancellation ltr to confirm that they did cancel my reward travel and credited my NWA cc back the "Taxes" I was charged, However there are no letters next to it it reads as follows
Fare Taxes
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21.08 35.50
which equals what i paid on taxes of 56.58 per ticket. Now my ? was is this actually a fare they are trying to sneak by as taxes or is it real fees ie 9/11 and taxes. I was just wondering if anyone else has ever seen this on a cancellation verification ltr for award travel.
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Sorry mama i gots to get all the miles i can
Brian
Fare Taxes
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21.08 35.50
which equals what i paid on taxes of 56.58 per ticket. Now my ? was is this actually a fare they are trying to sneak by as taxes or is it real fees ie 9/11 and taxes. I was just wondering if anyone else has ever seen this on a cancellation verification ltr for award travel.
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Sorry mama i gots to get all the miles i can
Brian