As I said in my previous post, Air France seems to be better at itemizing taxes and fees. However, it's impossible to find the itemized list after paying! So I actually went back and went through the process of buying another ticket to get these numbers. This is for a $50 ticket for intra-Franco travel:
Airport fee: 18.30
Passenger service charge: 16.19
French airport tax: 5.98
VAT adjustment tax: 2.31
Solidarity tax: 1.44
Solidarity tax? That's a new one. Investopedia says it's a tax used to provide funds for unifying projects of the country. However this article states that it is a 1 euro charge per ticket that is used to fund international health programs (tuberculosis, etc).
Showing posts with label airfare. Show all posts
Showing posts with label airfare. Show all posts
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Airfare, JFK-CDG; MAD-JFK
Unlike my January flight, I paid with frequent flier miles. Still, I was required to pay real money for some of the taxes and fees. Here's the breakdown of the $39.50 I paid for 2 one-way tickets:
US APHIS Fee: 5.00
US INS User Fee: 7.00
US Customs User Fee: 5.50
Other Int'l Charge: 15.80
Other Int'l Charge: 3.70
USA Passenger Civil Aviation Security Service Fee: 2.50
Apparently, redeeming an award ticket results in some waived fees. For example, there wasn't an International Transportation tax of $16.30. Also, the above itinerary doesn't have any connections, so maybe that cuts down on additional airport facility fees.
I have to say that Air France was more specific in describing the fees compared to Delta. Delta informed me that the 5.50, 15.80, and 3.70 were separate charges, but didn't describe what they are. I was able to guess that the 5.50 was the customs fee, since it matched what I had for my January flight. I'm guessing the 15.80 is probably an international airport facility fee, and the 3.70 is an international security fee.
US APHIS Fee: 5.00
US INS User Fee: 7.00
US Customs User Fee: 5.50
Other Int'l Charge: 15.80
Other Int'l Charge: 3.70
USA Passenger Civil Aviation Security Service Fee: 2.50
Apparently, redeeming an award ticket results in some waived fees. For example, there wasn't an International Transportation tax of $16.30. Also, the above itinerary doesn't have any connections, so maybe that cuts down on additional airport facility fees.
I have to say that Air France was more specific in describing the fees compared to Delta. Delta informed me that the 5.50, 15.80, and 3.70 were separate charges, but didn't describe what they are. I was able to guess that the 5.50 was the customs fee, since it matched what I had for my January flight. I'm guessing the 15.80 is probably an international airport facility fee, and the 3.70 is an international security fee.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Airfare, JFK-BEG
Airfare taxes: a cornucopia of itemization. Let's break it down for one round-trip ticket ($603):
Airport Fee: 34.04
Int'l Passenger Service Charge: 22.03
Airport Tax (FR): 20.00
Int'l Passenger Service Charge: 18.22
US International Transportation Tax (arrival): 16.30
US International Transportation Tax (departure): 16.30
US INS User Fee: 7.00
US Customs User Fee: 5.50
US APHIS Fee: 5.00
USA Passenger Facility Charge: 4.50
Security charge (BEG): 4.41
USA Passenger Civil Aviation Security Service Fee: 2.50
If you're wondering, yes fees are considered taxes for the purpose of this blog. A tax is basically a fee based on the percentage of a total, whereas flat fees (such as the 9/11 security fee) don't make sense as a percentage, but per person. This blog is keeping track of any money on top of a transaction collected by a government agency. Of course I'll break out foreign taxes from state and federal taxes at the end of the year.
I'll be explaining these taxes in future posts.
Airport Fee: 34.04
Int'l Passenger Service Charge: 22.03
Airport Tax (FR): 20.00
Int'l Passenger Service Charge: 18.22
US International Transportation Tax (arrival): 16.30
US International Transportation Tax (departure): 16.30
US INS User Fee: 7.00
US Customs User Fee: 5.50
US APHIS Fee: 5.00
USA Passenger Facility Charge: 4.50
Security charge (BEG): 4.41
USA Passenger Civil Aviation Security Service Fee: 2.50
If you're wondering, yes fees are considered taxes for the purpose of this blog. A tax is basically a fee based on the percentage of a total, whereas flat fees (such as the 9/11 security fee) don't make sense as a percentage, but per person. This blog is keeping track of any money on top of a transaction collected by a government agency. Of course I'll break out foreign taxes from state and federal taxes at the end of the year.
I'll be explaining these taxes in future posts.
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