Thread: 40 more quid to fly in first?

There is an additional tax if you go in J or F in GB and FR

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jumper @ Apr 17 2009, 04:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

I got my &#39;paper&#39; pass on delta for the way home and imagine my surprise when the gate agent told me that it would be an additional 40 pounds if I wanted to ride &#39;upfront&#39; - Now my pass read Y/J, no one at pass travel warned me of this, nor was I told when I picked up my ticket in DTW, not even at the ticket counter at LHR - just at the gate!

The crew was nice enough to go ahead and place me up front without the extra, but still![/b]

I thought you were aware--it&#39;s levied at the gate for NR&#39;s--we have to pay it, too. If you pay in advance at counter, you don&#39;t get refund if you don&#39;t get biz. On rev pax it&#39;s already in the tkt. Oy! what&#39;s a few more quid when you&#39;re forking over a coupla grand....
You got lucky!

I did indeed it seems - I was more shocked at the gate agent&#39;s attitude (she was incredibly snotty to all of the non revs) - ran into another &#39;dragon&#39; in JFK (they came close to topping the Dragon Queen in MSP!) - I swear, why do some gate agents act like little tinpot rulers of their domains?

The flight crew was awesome though!

Another reason I avoid the UK like the plague.

On a bright note, did you see AMS tax is coming back down?
Now I can use that airport again!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (vulindlela @ Apr 18 2009, 04:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

Another reason I avoid the UK like the plague.

On a bright note, did you see AMS tax is coming back down?
Now I can use that airport again![/b]

Thanks for the tip, V!! Any idea when it goes back to "normal"?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ItalGreco @ Apr 27 2009, 04:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

You&#39;ll all be pleased to hear that the UK departure tax, APD, will be increasing from November.[/b]

My how times have changed.
My first trip to London, back in 1995, I paid a whopping $29 tax.