Airline taxes and other extra 'stuff'

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"Yes please, I'll take some gasoline with my flight"

 

Thought this deserved it's own thread.

 

The tax/surchages/bullshit charges on a flight from Japan to the UK is now over 50,000 yen.

 

 

Just read this too:

 

Quote:

Air Passenger Duty will climb by 50 per cent to some destinations, the second significant rise in two years. The increase comes into force next week.

 

Thomas Cook, the travel company, said the move was counter-productive. Willie Walsh, the British Airways chief executive, branded the higher taxes a "disaster".

 

Virgin Atlantic said family holidays would be "unaffordable for many".

 

Air Passenger Duty is paid by all travellers on leaving Britain, with the world split into four bands.

 

The division includes some anomalies. For instance, all of America is in Band B, whose rate will increase from £45 per person to £60 for those flying economy, or rise from £90 to £120 for those in any other class, including premium economy.

 

However, the Caribbean is in Band C along with most of south-east Asia and South America. This is despite it being closer to Britain than the west coast of America.

 

In Band C, duty will go up from £50 to £75 per person. This means a family of four flying to the Caribbean will have to pay £300 in duty compared with the current rate of £200, or £160 last year.