Decoding taxes and fees on a ticket

Hi there - I know this question has been asked before, so thanks for your
time and patience if you can help me with this one.

I've recently bought a ticket from the UK to Norway (with a flight change in
Oslo) and the tax breakdown is:

49.00 YQ
10.00 GB
19.70 UB
23.20 ZN

I know the second one (10.00 GB) is UK Air Passenger Duty. For the others,
the best sources we
http://www.advantagetravel.co.uk/Tra...ine_Taxes.html and
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/archi.../t-292759.html

YQ - I understand represents various airline-imposed surcharges for
fuel/insurance?
UB - UK Passenger service charge (so, the cost of using LHR)
ZN - Norway PSC

I understand all of these, but am a bit miffed at getting hit for £49 of
surcharges on a reward ticket which is a mileage redemption!

Thoughts?

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Traveller wrote:

I understand all of these, but am a bit miffed at getting hit for £49 of
surcharges on a reward ticket which is a mileage redemption!

A few days ago, BA charged me the equivalent of £460 (USD 707)
in surcharges on a single free reward ticket, the bulk of it
in bogus fuel surcharges and other asshole fees that go straight to
BA's bottom line. As I always said, European airlines are the
worst when it comes to nickel-and-diming passengers, and BA
is the bottom of the barrel

On Thu, 27 Nov 2008 22:55:54 -0000, "Traveller"
wrote:


UB - UK Passenger service charge (so, the cost of using LHR)


The passenger service charge for LHR is £12.80 at the moment I believe.

So presumably there is something else included in that charge.
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