Airport Tax, Claiming it Back

cazza007

Can anybody advise if this is correct.?
My Mum and her friend were going to Las Vegas on the 08.06.11 when unfortunately my Mums friend slipped a disc on the morning of the holiday. My mum didnt have cancellation on her insurance so she couldnt claim her air fare back, but we have tried to claim the Airport tax back from Travelpack finally they have come up with a figure £92.19, on her ticket the airport tax states £216.09, thats a difference of £123.90. I know there was £10 admin charge. Is she entiled to the whole of the tax back or not?

Thank You

richardw

cazza007 wrote: »

on her ticket the airport tax states £216.09

That is probably taxes, fees and charges.

Here's a breakdown for BA's LHR-LAS direct return flights

"Charges applied to your flight
There are certain taxes, fees and charges that are applied to your booking by British Airways, airport operators, governments or other authorities. Here you will find a full breakdown and explanation of the taxes, fees and surcharges applied to your booking.

Government, authority and airport charges Per adult
Air Passenger Duty - United Kingdom GBP60.00
Passenger Service Charge - United Kingdom GBP30.63
Customs User Fee - USA GBP3.40
Transportation Tax(Departure) - USA GBP10.10
Transportation Tax(Arrival) - USA GBP10.10
Animal & Plant Health User Fee (Aphis) - USA GBP3.10
Immigration User Fee - USA GBP4.30
Passenger Civil Aviation Security Service Fee - USA GBP1.50
Passenger Facility Charge GBP2.80
Total government, authority and airport charges* GBP125.93

British Airways fees and surcharges Per adult
Fuel Surcharge** GBP191.00
Insurance and Security Surcharge** GBP10.00
Total British Airways fees and surcharges GBP201.00

Total taxes, fees and surcharges per person GBP326.93"

Mands

cazza007 wrote: »

Can anybody advise if this is correct.?
My Mum and her friend were going to Las Vegas on the 08.06.11 when unfortunately my Mums friend slipped a disc on the morning of the holiday. My mum didnt have cancellation on her insurance so she couldnt claim her air fare back, but we have tried to claim the Airport tax back from Travelpack finally they have come up with a figure £92.19, on her ticket the airport tax states £216.09, thats a difference of £123.90. I know there was £10 admin charge. Is she entiled to the whole of the tax back or not?

Thank You

Sorry to hear that your mum lost her holiday, hopefully the friend is on the mend.

The tax figure of £216.09 will be made up of a whole host of individual taxes. A US arrival tax, a UK Air Passenger Duty, September 11th fee and so on. I'm pretty sure that only some are refundable but it's perfectly reasonable to ask the travel agents for a breakdown.

I ran a dummy booking for Virgin for later this year and the cost breakdown is as follows:

Fare 1: Carrier VS NLXMGZ LON to LAS (rules)
Passenger type ADT, round trip fare, booking code N
Covers LGW-LAS (Coach)
£146.00
Fare 2: Carrier VS OLXMGZ LAS to LON (rules)
Passenger type ADT, round trip fare, booking code O
Covers LAS-LGW (Coach)
£131.00
VS YQ surcharge (YQ) £196.00
VS YQ surcharge (YQ) £5.00
USDA APHIS Fee (XA) £3.10
US Immigration Fee (XY) £4.30
US Customs Fee (YC) £3.40
United Kingdom Air Passengers Duty (GB) £60.00
United Kingdom Passenger Service Charge (UB) £11.20
US International Arrival Tax (US) £10.10
US International Departure Tax (US) £10.10
US September 11th Security Fee (AY) £1.50
US Passenger Facility Charge (XF) £2.80

Subtotal per passenger £584.50
Number of passengers x1

TOTAL AIRFARE & TAXES £584.50

If you were to do the same for the route and carrier that she was using you might be able to make some sense of their calculations. The ITA website would be a good place to start: search for the flights and when you have the ones you want select View itinerary and fare details in the blue box.

Best of luck with this,
Mands

cazza007

Thanks for your prompt replies this is the breakdown they sent me.
Breakdown of the tax refund
Taxes - ISOGB 60.00
UB 8.09
YC 3.60
AY 1.60
US 21.00
XA 3.30
XY 4.60
Total 102.19
LESS 10.00 ( ADMIN FEE)
Net Total 92.19 per ticket.

Sorry to trouble you again but does this seem right?