Airport taxes - where to find a list

I've just bought a ticket from Stansted (to Europe) and the airport
taxes are £22.60 and £45.10 - no explanation given.

Is there an online resource where I can check whether these are in the
right ballpark (so far all my Googling for "airport" and "tax" merely
brings up duty-free shops!)

And if I'm transiting an airport on the way, do they levy an airport tax
too, or is it just the end points?
--
Roland Perry

"Roland Perry" <roland@perry.co.uk> wrote in message
news:P6+IQGLx7PxCFAZn@donald.internetpolicynews.co .uk...
> I've just bought a ticket from Stansted (to Europe) and the airport taxes
> are £22.60 and £45.10 - no explanation given.
>
> Is there an online resource where I can check whether these are in the
> right ballpark (so far all my Googling for "airport" and "tax" merely
> brings up duty-free shops!)
>
> And if I'm transiting an airport on the way, do they levy an airport tax
> too, or is it just the end points?
> --
> Roland Perry

Dpending on the airline, and whether it's an electronic ticket, or paper,
there might be a two letter code printed next to each tax. Something like
22.60GB or 45.10XT. If you can post that I might be able to decode it.

As far as transit points are concerned, it depends. Generally speaking,
the tax shown on a ticket applies to the borad and off points of each
flight. So, if you fly London/Singapore/Sydney on the same plane you'll
see fees associated with London and Sydney. However, if you change in
Singpaore you may well see Singapore fees as well.

"Roland Perry" <roland@perry.co.uk> wrote in message
news:P6+IQGLx7PxCFAZn@donald.internetpolicynews.co .uk...
> I've just bought a ticket from Stansted (to Europe) and the airport taxes
> are £22.60 and £45.10 - no explanation given.

Which airline is this? Most do describe the tax, though
finding it can be hard.

Last time I looked some pretty dubious things were tacked
on the end as 'tax'.

As you have given us one end, as a guide for STN:
FR charge 14.68
6.70 PSC (passenger service charge?)
2.98 failure insurance and wheel chair! levy
5.00 UK APD.

EZ charge 9.50 total for both directions, not itemised.

German wings 22.00
5.00 APD
7.45 PSC (departure)
4.45 PSC (arrival!)
4.75 Unspecified surcharge

on a different route this was 20.00 because the arrival charge was less

>
> Is there an online resource where I can check whether these are in the
> right ballpark (so far all my Googling for "airport" and "tax" merely
> brings up duty-free shops!)
>
> And if I'm transiting an airport on the way, do they levy an airport tax
> too, or is it just the end points?

Sometimes. I have a stack of LH points which are now virtually
worthless for anything other than a journey to Frankfurt because
by the time I have paid the tax transiting at FRA I can book a
direct flight for less than just the LH tax bill.

tim

In message <da3ues$qni$1@nwrdmz01.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com>, at
17:27:56 on Fri, 1 Jul 2005, Graham Harrison
<edward.harrison@castle.> remarked:
>> I've just bought a ticket from Stansted (to Europe) and the airport taxes
>> are £22.60 and £45.10 - no explanation given.

>Dpending on the airline, and whether it's an electronic ticket, or paper,
>there might be a two letter code printed next to each tax. Something like
>22.60GB or 45.10XT. If you can post that I might be able to decode it.

5.00GB
7.50UB
55.20XT

None of which correlate with the sums quoted on the invoice, which is
£24 more than the total on the ticket :-(
--
Roland Perry

On Fri, 1 Jul 2005 17:27:56 +0000 (UTC), "Graham Harrison"
<edward.harrison@castle.> wrote:

>
>"Roland Perry" <roland@perry.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:P6+IQGLx7PxCFAZn@donald.internetpolicynews.c o.uk...
>> I've just bought a ticket from Stansted (to Europe) and the airport taxes
>> are £22.60 and £45.10 - no explanation given.
>>
>> Is there an online resource where I can check whether these are in the
>> right ballpark (so far all my Googling for "airport" and "tax" merely
>> brings up duty-free shops!)
>>
>> And if I'm transiting an airport on the way, do they levy an airport tax
>> too, or is it just the end points?
>> --
>> Roland Perry
>
>Dpending on the airline, and whether it's an electronic ticket, or paper,
>there might be a two letter code printed next to each tax. Something like
>22.60GB or 45.10XT. If you can post that I might be able to decode it.
>
>As far as transit points are concerned, it depends. Generally speaking,
>the tax shown on a ticket applies to the borad and off points of each
>flight. So, if you fly London/Singapore/Sydney on the same plane you'll
>see fees associated with London and Sydney. However, if you change in
>Singpaore you may well see Singapore fees as well.
>
Also dont forget, that airlines now charge a hefty fuel surcharge. BA
just increased theirs last week.

In message <da5eg5$6d7$1@nwrdmz03.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com>, at
07:07:49 on Sat, 2 Jul 2005, Graham Harrison
<edward.harrison@castle.> remarked:
>Actually GBP24 does sound like the current BA fuel surcharge

I'm not flying BA.

>although why the ticket issuer showed it as a "tax" is a bit of a
>mystery

They don't. As far as I can see what they've done is silently add the
£24 to the "fare" part of the ticket (and then invoiced the taxes
without explaining what tax they are, nor with any obvious correlation
to the individual taxes on the ticket).

--
Roland Perry

In message <da5ebo$62k$1@nwrdmz03.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com>, at
07:05:28 on Sat, 2 Jul 2005, Graham Harrison
<edward.harrison@castle.> remarked:
>>>> I've just bought a ticket from Stansted (to Europe) and the airport
>>>> taxes
>>>> are £22.60 and £45.10 - no explanation given.
>>
>>>Dpending on the airline, and whether it's an electronic ticket, or paper,
>>>there might be a two letter code printed next to each tax. Something
>>>like
>>>22.60GB or 45.10XT. If you can post that I might be able to decode it.
>>
>> 5.00GB
>> 7.50UB
>> 55.20XT
>>
>> None of which correlate with the sums quoted on the invoice, which is
>> £24 more than the total on the ticket :-(
>
>Now, if you look at the rest of the ticket there should be the fare
>construction, looks something like LON BD NYC M100.00 END XU1.00XV2.00
>
>The XU1.00XV2.00 will add up to the 55.20XT in your case.

XT9.00 CZ8.60 SK37.60

Which is indeed £55.20, but what does each component comprise?

The 2nd and 3rd add up to £45.10, but £5.00+£7.50+£9.00 is £21.50 which
is £1.10 short of £22.60...

>GB is the Chnacellors tax for buying an air ticket
>UB is the UK airport fee (7.20 sounds like LHR)

and £7.50 for Stansted?

Still doesn't explain where the other £24 has gone!
--
Roland Perry

Roland Perry wrote:
>
> As an example of transparency of government, it puts the UK to shame.

So what are you doing about it? Or are you just content to snipe?

Just a thought.
Gilbert

In message <42c90fa5$0$2056$ed2e19e4@ptn-nntp-reader04.plus.net>, at
11:30:15 on Mon, 4 Jul 2005, gilbert <gilbert@> remarked:
>> As an example of transparency of government, it puts the UK to shame.
>
>So what are you doing about it? Or are you just content to snipe?

Now that I've discovered there's no equivalent in the UK, I will add it
to my copious list of things to do ;-)

I may well start with an FOI request (Department of Transport, perhaps,
or is it the Treasury) to get the raw data.

--
Roland Perry