tax on connecting flights

NO - none of the taxes are of the 'departure tax' variety so having visited
the airports, you are liable for the full set !



"ramraideruk" <ramraideruk RemoveThis @ramraideruk.plus.com> wrote in message
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 > I have a flight that will take me from sfo-lhr on Virgin. I will then be
 > travelling, on the same day from LHR-MEL on Ba. I then have a connecting
 > flight on Qantas from MEL-SYD. I called BA to see if I could get some of
the
 > tax back as LHR and MEL are only transit points. They said that this could
 > only be done if the flights were all booked at once. Is this true?
 >
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Off thread: Why do the airlines charge so much more for a self imposed
layover? IOW, on the exact same flight path, you take a 3 day stop en route
and pay $900 whereas if you only took a 3 hour layover you end up paying
$650.
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On Fri, 4 Jul 2003 20:32:44 +0100, "ramraideruk"
<ramraideruk.DeleteThis@ramraideruk.plus.com> wrote:

 >I have a flight that will take me from sfo-lhr on Virgin. I will then be
 >travelling, on the same day from LHR-MEL on Ba. I then have a connecting
 >flight on Qantas from MEL-SYD. I called BA to see if I could get some of the
 >tax back as LHR and MEL are only transit points. They said that this could
 >only be done if the flights were all booked at once. Is this true?

Masochist!

It *is* possible to fly from California to Australia... without the
stop-overs in Europe and Asia!

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"Mike" <bakerdivert.RemoveThis@lava.net> wrote in message
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 > Off thread: Why do the airlines charge so much more for a self imposed
 > layover? IOW, on the exact same flight path, you take a 3 day stop en
route
 > and pay $900 whereas if you only took a 3 hour layover you end up paying
 > $650.
If it's under 24 hours then it's technically not a stopover. I've used this
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"Malcolm Weir" <malc.RemoveThis@gelt.org> wrote in message
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 > On Fri, 4 Jul 2003 20:32:44 +0100, "ramraideruk"
 > <ramraideruk.RemoveThis@ramraideruk.plus.com> wrote:
 >
  > >I have a flight that will take me from sfo-lhr on Virgin. I will then be
  > >travelling, on the same day from LHR-MEL on Ba. I then have a connecting
  > >flight on Qantas from MEL-SYD. I called BA to see if I could get some of
the
  > >tax back as LHR and MEL are only transit points. They said that this
could
  > >only be done if the flights were all booked at once. Is this true?
 >
 > Masochist!
 >
 > It *is* possible to fly from California to Australia... without the
 > stop-overs in Europe and Asia!
 >
 > Malc.
Ok Malc here's the reasons:
I am going to SFO for Folsom street. I have to use my airmiles up with
virgin before they expire.
then a few weeks ago, there was the Thursday seat sale on BA to Melbourne.
it means I can go and visit my sister out there. I got 10% off that price as
a BA shareholder. Yes, it is quite mad but then so am I. I get in Tuesday
morning and get a few hours at home, to do my laundry, before heading back
to Heathrow. they have to be done this way.
On another note, why is it always so expensive to fly from US west coast to
Australia than from England to OZ? Sometimes it's on the same carrier too
(Used to be Air NZ before they stopped flying LAX-SYD). It doesn't make any
sense to me
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On Tue, 8 Jul 2003 17:11:09 +0100, "ramraideruk"
<ramraideruk DeleteThis @ramraideruk.plus.com> wrote:

 >
 >"Malcolm Weir" <malc DeleteThis @gelt.org> wrote in message
 >news:rfljgvo2gi0m0f8m4ro9lb8v869k14426i@4ax.com...
  >> On Fri, 4 Jul 2003 20:32:44 +0100, "ramraideruk"
  >> <ramraideruk DeleteThis @ramraideruk.plus.com> wrote:
  >>
   >> >I have a flight that will take me from sfo-lhr on Virgin. I will then be
   >> >travelling, on the same day from LHR-MEL on Ba. I then have a connecting
   >> >flight on Qantas from MEL-SYD. I called BA to see if I could get some of
 >the
   >> >tax back as LHR and MEL are only transit points. They said that this
 >could
   >> >only be done if the flights were all booked at once. Is this true?
  >>
  >> Masochist!
  >>
  >> It *is* possible to fly from California to Australia... without the
  >> stop-overs in Europe and Asia!
  >>
  >> Malc.
 >Ok Malc here's the reasons:
 >I am going to SFO for Folsom street. I have to use my airmiles up with
 >virgin before they expire.
 >then a few weeks ago, there was the Thursday seat sale on BA to Melbourne.
 >it means I can go and visit my sister out there. I got 10% off that price as
 >a BA shareholder. Yes, it is quite mad but then so am I. I get in Tuesday
 >morning and get a few hours at home, to do my laundry, before heading back
 >to Heathrow. they have to be done this way.
 >On another note, why is it always so expensive to fly from US west coast to
 >Australia than from England to OZ? Sometimes it's on the same carrier too
 >(Used to be Air NZ before they stopped flying LAX-SYD). It doesn't make any
 >sense to me
 >Greg
 >

Well, lack of competition for a start. Europe-Australia you have a
choice of a dozen or more carriers, from the US west coast you are
stuck with QF and UA, and maybe FJ and TN if they do any through
fares.
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