Thread: Inquiring minds want to know

Originally Posted by mrs767er

Our CUN tickets soared an increase of $5 to $70 each. All tkt taxes have increased--what a surprise! Pretty sure I made up the difference in wine and premium snacks while sitting in first class on a 757.

Aren't departure taxes more or less determined by the airport itself, though? Would be interesting to take some common shared destinations on UA and DL and see how their costs compare. Then again, if mileage has anything to do with tax, it would be a tough comparison.

Originally Posted by spongebue

Aren't departure taxes more or less determined by the airport itself, though? Would be interesting to take some common shared destinations on UA and DL and see how their costs compare. Then again, if mileage has anything to do with tax, it would be a tough comparison.

Yes, Bue. Tourism taxes, facility taxes, infrastructure taxes, sales taxes, tax taxes...if cost/mile changes, then it's taxed more, too! hey, let's do that test!
LHR $192
FRA $135
BCN $34
NRT $43
CUN $71
BOM $127
SYD $96
rounded off, off course.
Since there is no mileage charge for DL, no variances unless flying non-dep on yield fare, or buddy fare (add fuel surcharges)
We'll fly our non deps free domestically, then book sep INT tkt to save them a few bucks.

Originally Posted by mrs767er

LHR $192 ($181 to EWR)
FRA $135 ($120 to EWR)
BCN $34 ($41 to EWR)
NRT $43 ($31 to LAX)
CUN $71 ($41 to IAH, neener neener neener)
BOM $127 ($36 to EWR, what the crap?)
SYD $96 ($81 to LAX, possibly the only true orig-dest overlap we have in this whole comparison except possibly for NRT-LAX if you happened to do that)

Huh, I always assumed DL had lower departure taxes than us. Maybe this whole time I was only looking at ES, since I vaguely remember asking about that once upon a time.