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[edit] Taxes on International Connections

When traveling to other countries, you may have a choice of connection points. It turns out that the amount of taxes levied by airport and countries vary significantly, and this wiki entry shows the differences

[edit] Europe

As of 28SEP09 on a DFW-ZRH roundtrip economy class itinerary:

Connection  total tax  cost of connecting in this city
nonstop       96.90        -
JFK  AA/AA   110.90       4.00
MAD  AA/IB   121.60      24.70
BRU  AA/LX   144.30      47.40
FRA  AA/LX   159.90      63.00
LHR  AA/AA*  165.70      68.80
CDG  AA/AF   169.90      73.00

[edit] Sources

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/american-aadvantage/999448-us-zrh-why-taxes-60-higher-connecting-through-lhr.html

Entry created by hillrider