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Old June 20th, 2010, 09:07 PM posted to rec.travel.air
Sue Tierney[_2_]
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Default Air Line Tickets

One may find surprises when buying air line tickets as to how many
taxes and fees are added to ant travel ticket. There is a base fare
that airlines decide to charge a passenger on a particular route
depending upon air miles flown among other factors. But on the top of
that there are many charges and fees and when add up at times show
more than the base fare itself. Travelers have no choice except to pay
all these in order to travel. Overbooked flights, long security lines
and lost baggage and no frill services are additional headaches.
Air travel is taxing in more ways than passengers can possibly
imagine. Travelers are paying a laundry list of taxes, fees and other
surcharges often invisible even to the most seasoned traveler.
Perhaps some of you are already aware that our nation's air transit
system is financed primarily through federal excise taxes and other
special charges that are collected from the airline passengers upon
buying air line tickets. A smaller portion comes from airlines and
freight carriers in the form of fuel and cargo taxes, and these costs
also frequently are passed along to customers.
Here is the list of fees and charges one may be aware of:
1. A 7.5 percent federal levy is attached to every plane ticket. It is
collected by the airlines and passed along to the I.R.S that deposits
it in the Airport and Airway Trust Fund.
2. A separate Rural Airport Tax of 7.5 percent is assessed on flights
that begin or end at rural airports, but those passengers then are
exempt from the other ticket tax and the segment tax. Passengers
traveling between the continental United States and Alaska or Hawaii
pay an additional $7.50 in taxes.
3. The Passenger Flight Segment Tax, currently $3.40, is charged each
time a passenger takes off and lands. Passengers on a nonstop may
additional segment taxes.
4. Passenger facility charge - A local tax collected by airlines and
paid directly to the airport where it's levied. It is charged and
largely used for airport construction and other improvements. It might
soon go up.
5. International arrival and departure taxes - The current tax is
$15.10 per passenger on all flights departing for or arriving from
foreign destinations. The fee is tied to the Consumer Price Index and
has risen 12.7 percent over the past five years.
6. Security fees for Transportation Security Administration. This was
created by Congress after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, these
fees cost customers $2.50 per boarding, with a $5 maximum per one-way
trip, even with multiple segments.
7. Ticketing fee - the online sites or the consolidators may charge
ranging from $5 to $30 on air line tickets

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Old June 20th, 2010, 09:56 PM posted to rec.travel.air
William Black
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Posts: 3,125
Default Air Line Tickets

On 20/06/10 21:07, Sue Tierney wrote:
One may find surprises when buying air line tickets as to how many
taxes and fees are added to ant travel ticket. There is a base fare
that airlines decide to charge a passenger on a particular route
depending upon air miles flown among other factors. But on the top of
that there are many charges and fees and when add up at times show
more than the base fare itself. Travelers have no choice except to pay
all these in order to travel. Overbooked flights, long security lines
and lost baggage and no frill services are additional headaches.
Air travel is taxing in more ways than passengers can possibly
imagine. Travelers are paying a laundry list of taxes, fees and other
surcharges often invisible even to the most seasoned traveler.
Perhaps some of you are already aware that our nation's air transit
system is financed primarily through federal excise taxes and other
special charges that are collected from the airline passengers upon
buying air line tickets. A smaller portion comes from airlines and
freight carriers in the form of fuel and cargo taxes, and these costs
also frequently are passed along to customers.
Here is the list of fees and charges one may be aware of:
1. A 7.5 percent federal levy is attached to every plane ticket. It is
collected by the airlines and passed along to the I.R.S that deposits
it in the Airport and Airway Trust Fund.
2. A separate Rural Airport Tax of 7.5 percent is assessed on flights
that begin or end at rural airports, but those passengers then are
exempt from the other ticket tax and the segment tax. Passengers
traveling between the continental United States and Alaska or Hawaii
pay an additional $7.50 in taxes.
3. The Passenger Flight Segment Tax, currently $3.40, is charged each
time a passenger takes off and lands. Passengers on a nonstop may
additional segment taxes.
4. Passenger facility charge - A local tax collected by airlines and
paid directly to the airport where it's levied. It is charged and
largely used for airport construction and other improvements. It might
soon go up.
5. International arrival and departure taxes - The current tax is
$15.10 per passenger on all flights departing for or arriving from
foreign destinations. The fee is tied to the Consumer Price Index and
has risen 12.7 percent over the past five years.
6. Security fees for Transportation Security Administration. This was
created by Congress after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, these
fees cost customers $2.50 per boarding, with a $5 maximum per one-way
trip, even with multiple segments.
7. Ticketing fee - the online sites or the consolidators may charge
ranging from $5 to $30 on air line tickets


What country are you refering to?

I am fully aware she is talking about the USA, but people, especially
those in the USA, really must be made aware that Usenet is an
international medium and that there is more than one country that has
commercial air traffic

--
William Black

These are the gilded popinjays and murderous assassins of Perfidious
Albion and they are about their Queen's business. Any man who impedes
their passage does so at his own peril.

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Old June 21st, 2010, 03:03 PM posted to rec.travel.air
Bert Hyman
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Posts: 724
Default Air Line Tickets

In Sue
Tierney wrote:

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One may find surprises


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Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN
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Old June 28th, 2010, 09:44 AM posted to rec.travel.air
Runge121
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Posts: 120
Default Air Line Tickets and absolutely useless posts

Lol

"Bert Hyman" a écrit dans le message de groupe de
discussion : ...
In
Sue
Tierney wrote:

NNTP-Posting-Host: 125.70.86.141
One may find surprises


Goodness, but there's a lot of you in there.

Bobbie Harmon 125.70.86.221
Claude Powell 125.70.86.74
Destiny Wahlberg 125.70.86.221
Dominic Cartwright 125.70.86.152
Dominick Penny 125.70.86.104
Gregory Howard 125.70.86.177
Gregory Wright 125.70.86.74
Kim Connor 125.70.86.177
Lester Richards 125.70.86.177
Lowell Leonard 125.70.86.177
Margarita Lopez 125.70.86.152
Matthew Hancock 125.70.86.74
Meredith Bennett 125.70.86.177
Oscar Thompson 125.70.86.74
Randal Martin 125.70.86.177
Sally Harmon 125.70.86.152
Tamara Hamilton 125.70.86.177
Taylor Evans 125.70.86.177
Willard Gerard 125.70.86.177
Zoe Lewis 125.70.86.177

--
Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN


 




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