No Hiding And No Running With Delta

[Alicia karr]

On Kayak, when I compared American it showed the flight as being about $ 400 cheaper...but it also involved a very long stop over. The United flight with more or less the same flight time was a similar price as Delta. I chose Delta because it's pet friendly and frequently I fly in and out of Atlanta which is a nonstop. Also have most ff miles with them...I was thinking of fighting it when I arrive either at EZE or Atlanta for my short layover, or Phillie.
@Arbound: could it be you're comparing one way with round trip? Altho often one way can be more, that's true....
Re pricing formula--I had heard that it had to do with the most frequently travelled markets being the most competitively priced. Something can be much closer and conversely, much more expensive!
Fellow round trip BA travellers, please let us know what you're finding...

 

[citygirl]

I just booked a flight on American 2 days ago and didn't have to pay the 35% charge (it's 35, not 20?). However, the flight was a different price buying from the US website than buying it from Arg interesting enough. It came to $2700 USD for our 2 tix (+ babies) and if I had bought in pesos and paid the surcharge, it would have been $28000 pesos (or $2800 at blue rate). Only $100 savings, not a huge diff.

Did you check the flight prices on matrix? At the bottom, do one search with ARS pesos as currency and Buenos Aires as sales city. Then do the same search but change to USD and put in a US city. That should give you the actual price with no software glitch.

http://matrix.itasof...tware.com/

 

[ARbound]

@Arbound: could it be you're comparing one way with round trip? Altho often one way can be more, that's true....
Re pricing formula--I had heard that it had to do with the most frequently travelled markets being the most competitively priced. Something can be much closer and conversely, much more expensive!
Fellow round trip BA travellers, please let us know what you're finding...

No, that's the killer! It's round trip! Buenos Aires - Santiago (stopover for new passengers) - Toronto (lay over to visit friends) - Beijing. It's crazy, but the miles to do it makes 36 hours worth it.

 

[Alicia karr]

I want to know your travel agent!

 

[Joe]

No, that's the killer! It's round trip! Buenos Aires - Santiago (stopover for new passengers) - Toronto (lay over to visit friends) - Beijing. It's crazy, but the miles to do it makes 36 hours worth it.

Don't forget you need a visa for China.

 

[florence]

I agree. Cancel it within the 24 hours while you can and start over again. Perhaps even call Delta in the U.S. to reserve. This week I called United in the U.S, and booked a flight from EZE to Madrid, via Frankfurt on Lufthansa. A second leg is from Rome to Washington, DC. on United And the final leg is back from DC to EZE on United. The total is $1707 U.S., including all taxes. Below is the breakdown. It starts and ends at EZE and there is no 35% Argentine tax. I understand that the International Surgharge is really a fuel surcharge and has nothing to do with Argentina. Airfare: 961.00 USD U.S. Federal Transportation Tax: 35.00 September 11th Security Fee: 5.00 International Surcharge: 458.00 U.S. Customs User Fee: 5.50 U.S. Immigration User Fee: 7.00 U.S. APHIS User Fee: 5.00 Argentina Ticket Tax: 71.00 Argentina Immigration Tax: 10.00 Argentina Security Tax: 10.00 Argentina Airport Tax: 43.93 Germany Airport Security Charge: 9.10 Germany Passenger Service Charge: 28.70 Italy Security Bag Charge: 2.80 Italy Council City Tax: 10.40 CP: 44.70 Per Person Total: 1,707.13
USD

 

[ARbound]

I want to know your travel agent!

I'm my own travel agent

I flew from NYC roundtrip on Delta to Moscow for $450.00 (tax incl.)

Don't forget you need a visa for China.

Yes, it's very cheap, $600.00 ARS, cheaper than my Arge retaliation fee
and Brazil and Russia visas.

 

[Alicia karr]

Thanks all for your input. I'm calling Delta in the US tomorrow and will see what they say when I try and book the same flights with them,

 

[GS_Dirtboy]

I just called AA regarding a ticket I booked 5 weeks ago. They said that yes, I was charged a tax. My base fare EZE - MIA - ATL - PHL - MIA - EZE was U$1430. The Argentine tax was U$71.50. It's not 20%, it's 5% but still. They said just to send a note to AA Refunds and it would be put back on my card.

I'll tell you in a couple of days if it really is that easy.

 

[internationalguy]

But that tax is correctly charged GS, it's a different situation, you were charged a tax you should have been charged. She was charged wrongfully for the 35% they charge you when they give you dollars at the official rate. It's not the same thing.