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Example of the fuel surcharge tax (CO YQ Surcharge) on a flight from Philly to Belize stopping in Houston:

Fare (A1):PHL HOU fare $78.14
Fare (B1):HOU BZE fare $99.00
Fare (B2):BZE HOU fare $99.00
Fare (A2):HOU PHL fare $78.14

Tax: US International Departure Tax $16.10
Tax: US September 11th Security Fee $7.50
Tax: CO YQ surcharge $240.00
Tax: USDA APHIS Fee $5.00
Tax: US Immigration Fee $7.00
Tax: US Customs Fee $5.50
Tax: Belize Conservation Tax $3.75
Tax: Belize Passenger Service Fee $15.00
Tax: Belize International Security Fee $2.50
Tax: Belize Airport Development Fee $18.00
Tax: US International Arrival Tax $16.10
Tax: US Passenger Facility Charge $10.50

Total for 1 adult passenger: $700.95

Where do you get the information that a fuel surcharge is considered a "tax"? On Continental website I read it as part of the base fare - subject to vast fluctuation, depending on the cost of jet fuel.

In travel agent lingo it is separate from the taxes. Called "Q" charges and is a big chunk of change and always subject to change till ticket is issued and paid for in full. Nightmare for group reservations that you can hold for x amount of time before you have to ticket/purchase. They always change and they never go down!

thank you barbara k
that explains why our tickets went up $60 after we had gotten a fixed quote 3 months earier.
that being said I will take back my complaint about the belize tax on my tickets.

SEA-BZE, $1219 American Airlines. Coach. Granted, this is coming up quickly but I've never seen the fare this high even 3 days before departure. 5 months ago the same itinerary was ~ $650. The inbound flight is fairly full, but the outbound flight is only half full. If I am to believe Kayak, only $78 of this is tax. Even more amazing, the same itinerary is available for FF redemption at 35K miles RT. Deal.

The price for your flight has changed
Old price: $493.00 + $74.45 taxes & fees = $567.45
New price Why did this happen? Best Price Guarantee
Roundtrip: $614.45
1:15 pm Depart Seattle (SEA)
Arrive Belize City (BZE) 11:50 am +1 day Wed 3-Feb
Duration: 20hr 35mn
American Airlines 6852 / 2103
Connect in Miami (MIA)

4:50 pm Depart Belize City (BZE)
Arrive Seattle (SEA) 9:09 am +1 day Tue 9-Feb
Duration: 18hr 19mn
American Airlines 2194 / 6804
Connect in Los Angeles (LAX)
Total stops: 2

I just looked this up (above) on expedia. Looks like a total with fees of less than $600 even though the travel time is virtually a full day and night with total time of 20 hours. I bet that can be improved upon with a little work.

Just got quote from Orbitz.

$406 + $346 taxes & fees = $752 USD per person

Leave
Sat, Feb 6 Continental Airlines 223
Depart: 6:20am
Arrive: 12:23pm Seattle, WA (SEA)
Houston, TX (IAH)
1 stop Economy 4hr 3min Boeing 757 View seats
Change planes. Time between flights: 0hr 32min
Continental Airlines 1628
Depart: 12:55pm
Arrive: 3:20pm Houston, TX (IAH)
Belize City, Belize (BZE)

Economy 2hr 25min Boeing 737 View seats
Total duration: 7hr 0min

Return
Sat, Feb 13 Continental Airlines 1478
Depart: 12:20pm
Arrive: 2:52pm Belize City, Belize (BZE)
Houston, TX (IAH)
1 stop Economy 2hr 32min Boeing 737 View seats
Change planes. Time between flights: 2hr 38min
Continental Airlines 667
Depart: 5:30pm
Arrive: 8:15pm Houston, TX (IAH)
Seattle, WA (SEA)
Economy 4hr 45min Boeing 737 View seats
Total duration: 9hr 55min

yeah, great itinerary. Overnight in MIA is wonderful. Layovers in DFW & LAX almost as enticing.

Champion:

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1 Ticket / Roundtrip
SEA Seattle to
CUN Cancun

Leave: Sat 6-Feb
Return: Sat 13-Feb

1 adult $260.00
Taxes & Fees $110.90

Total $370.9

Okay.....add to this $40 bus travel Cancun to Chetumal = $410 (RT = $450)
And water taxi from Chetumal to San Pedro @ $55 RT = $505 USD PER PERSON

So flying into Cancun can save you easily save you $250.....without trying!!

And this trip GETS you to SAN PEDRO!!!

We haven't added to your $752 the cost to get from Belize City to San Pedro! Surely this puts a journey from SEA to to SP at around $839.

Flying into Cancun then saves you around $334!!