Interline Fare Calculator for ZED tickets (inc. taxes)

I came across this tool to calculate ZED fares including taxes. It is fairly accurate. Unfortunately, you need to be a member of one of the participating airlines to get access.

https://www.id90.com/interline_fare_calculator.shtml


===================Participating Airlines========================

Aeroflot
Air Caledonia
Air Malta
Air North
Air Tahiti
Alaska Airlines
American Airlines
Azul Linhas Aéreas
Cape Air
Colgan Air
Continental Airlines
Delta Air Lines
Express Jet
Frontier Airlines
Hawaiian Airlines
Horizon Air
Kenya Airways
Midwest Airlines
Mokulele Airlines
Papillon Airlines
Porter Airlines
SkyWest Airlines
Spirit Airlines
Sun Country Airlines
Trans States Airlines
Virgin America

The fares are very accurate, the taxes will not necessarily be because there are many factors that are considered to determine applicability plus, generally, currency has to be converted. A carrier must be a "participant" of the site to provide the tool to their employees.

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Originally Posted by aazed

The fares are very accurate, the taxes will not necessarily be because there are many factors that are considered to determine applicability plus, generally, currency has to be converted. A carrier must be a "participant" of the site to provide the tool to their employees.

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Not true--you can become a private member of ID90 and I've touted it for years. The only reason I don't use it now is that it's free info on DLnet but prefer Iddeals.com because they have a seat availability option for the same member $.

Access to the fare calculator is what I'm talking about. That is limited to employees of participating airlines. Each participating airline loads the conditions of their ID/ZED agreements to their carrier specific site. That allows employees of AA, for example, to see airlines, eligibility, and fares applicable to them (i.e., it wouldn't show flights operated by XX if AA does not have an agreement with XX, not would it show a ZED Low fare for travel on an airline with which AA has a ZED Medium agreement).

Your subscirptionis for ID90.com, not to the fare calculator. The fare calculator, though, is used by DL and avaialble to DL employees.

yes--IF you're an airline employee WITH access--if not, ID90 membership gives you the same access IF you don't have that access w/your airline.
The fare calculator came from ID90.com. I can guess but cannot confirm that the airlines that use it, bought it from ID90. I've used it for years before DL made it available to employees. It's nothing new to me but can be obtained by OALs that don't have it provided--they just have to pay. Ergo, I stand by my statement. It is NOT limited to the employees of participating airlines.

mrs76.. for parents of airline employees-- how much does it cost to become member of id90?

Or, for people who have access to myidtravel.com you can just go through the procedure of purchasing a eZED then once you get to the payment just back out.

The ID90.com calculator is fairly accurate, at least for pricing out buddy passes (DL employees). For buddy pass fares they do not add on fuel surcharges, so not sure if any ZED tickets get charged fuel surcharges or not.

Another option is booking a seat on your own airline to see how much taxes are then use the ZED fee chart (zone/milage) then add on the tax that your airline would have charged you, as taxes should be the same for all airlines.

The thing I do not like is the airports (central/south america?) that have some type of airport access charge that does not show up anywhere and if you did not know about it and do not have the CASH on you you will not get into the airport (Costa Rica and Guatemala do this)

Sam, talk with your son/daughter to either allow you access to id90.com (this will be for the calculator only, at least for DL) or have them look up prices for you.

It looks like the calculator is getting pretty limited as it does not look like it is giving prices for airlines with eZED's- before eZED's it would list a lot more airlines.

OK, I just tried like 5 different routings and all I could get is routes for DL. It did not show any other airlines. So maybe with myidtravel the id90 calculator will become a thing of the past.

Tony, I remember reading around here that a rule added for ZED fares a while back is that fuel surcharges could not be added to the fare/taxes, so that should be ok.

I hear all the time about the high taxes leaving LHR. Are these taxes just for leaving or are there high taxes for entering? I'm considering flying nonstop to LHR but leaving from a different airport.

In that case, you should be good - as far as I know, taxes are always charged on departure, not arrival.

You'll still have fairly high taxes/fees anywhere in the UK but LHR is the worst. FRA is close behind the UK.

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Originally Posted by MRSDS1DONNA

I hear all the time about the high taxes leaving LHR. Are these taxes just for leaving or are there high taxes for entering? I'm considering flying nonstop to LHR but leaving from a different airport.

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Most taxes, including the UK APD, are departure taxes but there are some arrival taxes as well. The US International Transportation tax (USD16.70) applies on departures AND arrivals to the US. The MX Toursim tax (USD21.95) applies to arrivals into Mexico. There are more, but not many.

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Originally Posted by spongebue

In that case, you should be good - as far as I know, taxes are always charged on departure, not arrival.

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Yes only on departure but if you are connecting in LHR from another airline to your own airline just ask to be considered as a through passenger and a big chunk of this taxes should be waived.
It will not work the other way coming to LHR on your own airline and taking a flight on another airline.