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JZB, I would be interested in seeing that. Can you direct me ?

It was discussed more than once but the most recent breakdown was on the post 'an open letter about the cost of airfare' //ambergriscaye.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/358825/An_open_letter_about_the_cost_.html#Post358825

I book tickets to other countries often enough to be able to say that the taxes are around $150 to $200 minimum on almost all of my return flights, regardless the destination.

With regard to marketing . . well, there's an old adage that goes something like this. "In good times, you should advertise. In lean times, you MUST advertise."

Thanks JZB, the one thing not listed are Landing Fee's at Goldson

That's because it is built into the "airfare" portion E and not available to John Q as it is not classified as a "tax" - or, as someone tried to convince me, there really is no such thing as a "landing fee", per se. It is an amalgam of all the "taxes"

SS, are you sure those are all taxes? The total taxes on my trip this May to Buenos Aires is $66.00 for a RT ticket.

I recently purchased a RT tix on Continental to Belize for November, 2010: Looking at the ticket, the tax breakdown is as follows:

Belize Airport Development: $18.00
U.S. Customs User Fee: $5.50
U.S. Immigration User Fee: $7.00
Belize Conservation Tax: $3.75
Belize Passenger Service: $15.00
Belize Security Tax: $2.50
U.S. APHIS User Fee: $5.00 (don't know what this is)
U.S. Security Service Fee: $7.50

Grand total of taxes on this tix: $64.25 and only $39.25 are Belize imposed taxes.

Also, I may be wrong, but I do not believe that a fuel surcharge is a tax.

And, LM, that includes your departure tax. Total pretty will aligns with my #'s on the post linked above.

Oops, I may be talking fuel surcharge too. Sorry. I'll check and see before I say more about it.

The fuel surcharge is a non government surcharge imposed by the airlines and hidden in the taxes. Usually will show as "CO YQ surcharge" in the taxes. They're some fares right now from Philly that show the CO YQ surcharge as a $240 tax on top of the other taxes. You need really check some of the low fares. The flight might show as $400 not including taxes, but with taxes more like $700.