Taxes when checking in at SCL
Jun 15, 2005 | 6:07 pm
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Taxes when checking in at SCL
Just a little heads up about taxes when checking in at SCL on a xONEx: normally it is no big deal and nobody blinks an eyelid, but today is the second time it happens to me that the AA agent does not find the SCL tax (ZQ, I think) in my paper ticket (pretty much illegible anyway). Fortunately, in both cases I had with me a tax sheet AA printed separately, so in the end I didn't have to double pay the tax (it took some talking though). So, when flying out of SCL it pays, I think, to have some tax sheet proving the tax has been paid.
Jun 15, 2005 | 11:15 pm
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Yes, the LAN staff does scrutinize the tax calculation line during check-in. Thanks to AA (who based on my experience tend to be somewhat sloppy while issuing RTW tickets), the tax line didn't show that I had paid the taxes from SCL-IPC-SCL. The LAN agent in SCL insisted that I pay the taxes. The agent in IPC hesitated and said something about there being a problem but then issued the boarding passes anyways.
Jun 16, 2005 | 2:04 am
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Yes I've been stung by this on numerous occasions - even when the tax has already been paid. In each instance, I've found LAN's Madrid office obliging (if a little manana) when it comes to giving a refund.
Jun 16, 2005 | 7:42 am
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I know LA can be quite pricky about taxes, but these two were AA flights, so it looks like the ones who are getting touchy about this could be SCL airport authorities.
Jun 16, 2005 | 7:56 am
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Originally Posted by Viajero
I know LA can be quite pricky about taxes, but these two were AA flights, so it looks like the ones who are getting touchy about this could be SCL airport authorities.
Jun 16, 2005 | 8:15 am
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Originally Posted by JohnAx
Why would you select the airport authorities instead of AA management?...
Jun 16, 2005 | 8:30 am
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Originally Posted by Viajero
I know LA can be quite pricky about taxes, but these two were AA flights, so it looks like the ones who are getting touchy about this could be SCL airport authorities.
Jun 16, 2005 | 10:29 am
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And I had to pay even when it is included on the tax line. I had 2 flights that departed SCL. One was a transit the next day after arriving from LAX at 6:00 am. The other was a regular stopover. The agent said that since the incoming flight was the previous day, then the tax is due. I believe that the tax rules say that transits do not incur the tax.