Airlines - why the difference in taxes?
Discussion
What's everyone travelling by these days? My family of five have to travel four times in 12 months to the UK and back (all essential stuff like school exams and weddings) so I'm trying to find ways to limit the financial catastrophe.
Is my experience like everyone else's? We're next intending to travel over the Xmas/New Year period and finding both BA and EK have got horrendous ticket prices (cash) whilst Virgin is somewhat cheaper. However, if I want to use up all my hard won Virgin or BA airmiles, then 9000 dirhams is the cost of tax! May as well pay the extra cash, saving the airmiles for anywhere non-UK, right?
On the other hand, if I use Skyward miles (which sadly I don't have enough of), then the tax is only 600dh per ticket. Eh? What am I missing here?
Is my experience like everyone else's? We're next intending to travel over the Xmas/New Year period and finding both BA and EK have got horrendous ticket prices (cash) whilst Virgin is somewhat cheaper. However, if I want to use up all my hard won Virgin or BA airmiles, then 9000 dirhams is the cost of tax! May as well pay the extra cash, saving the airmiles for anywhere non-UK, right?
On the other hand, if I use Skyward miles (which sadly I don't have enough of), then the tax is only 600dh per ticket. Eh? What am I missing here?
if you work it out, please tell me. i am at a loss to fathom it myself.
when i flew home last month, i booked on the monday to fly friday. emirates wanted 4700 return to manchester, whereas i paid etihad 2450 from abu dhabi.
with klm, the direct return would have been similar to emirates, but 1500 less to go via paris.
i think they make figures up tbh.
when i flew home last month, i booked on the monday to fly friday. emirates wanted 4700 return to manchester, whereas i paid etihad 2450 from abu dhabi.
with klm, the direct return would have been similar to emirates, but 1500 less to go via paris.
i think they make figures up tbh.
it is [or was when i looked] cheaper to fly via paris with klm - probably on an air france flightshare.
the time before i went via schipol as a preference but with the connection to leeds the next morning. i'm trying to get an idea of where's cheap to fly to in europe from here, and then equally cheap to get to the uk. a whole holiday back home is a waste imo but i will be shot at dawn if i miss a family xmas.
the time before i went via schipol as a preference but with the connection to leeds the next morning. i'm trying to get an idea of where's cheap to fly to in europe from here, and then equally cheap to get to the uk. a whole holiday back home is a waste imo but i will be shot at dawn if i miss a family xmas.
shirt said:
who's that with? only the lo-cost airlines charge to reserve a seat [air asia is the absolute worst for this kinda s
t].
Absolute thieves they are.t]. did the Singa - Bali hop with them in July, pay for the flight, pay for your meal (no opt out option, RANK food), pay to use credit card, pay tax and to top it all off.... pay for your seat!
I would have gladly stood to avoid that last $2.50 ish option if I could, cheeky twunts!
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