here's the comment for Barb's reply to this question earlier this month:

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Almost all the airlines include the $35 departure tax now. USAir is the only one I am aware of that does not. If the taxes add up to about $80 or $90 or more, it is included (unless they have a lot of extra stops on the flights). If they add up to $60 or so, it is not included. The $35 BZ dept tax also breaks down into a few different taxes with code letters, one of which is the "FU" tax (really!) If you see that with a dollar amount before it, it is most likely included.

Should look something like this (with BZ dept tax included):
XT 27.40US 5.00YC 7.00XY 3.10XA
7.50AY 15.00FV 1.30FW 3.80FU
15.00BU 4.50XF
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I have an upcoming FF tcket & taxes were $60.06 and do include the FU tax so go figure.........
confused

5.00YCXT7.00XY3.10XA10.00AY15.00BU3.72FU15.00FV1.24FW

The taxes vary airport to airport so who knows what the threshold is to know if its in or not simply by looking at the $$.....the code is there, so I guess I' set, but ya know.....$35 ain't gonna stop me one way or the other!!!

Me thinks also that since most are now incldued, those few old tix still out there have a real good shot of not having to pay as agents become acclimated to current situations.

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