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Booked flights using Avios for my son return to JFK. Used minimum amount of Avios and maximum amount of cash as son was going to pay for a cash ticket, and it was just to build some flexibility in in case he wanted to change the date of his flight home.
He now does want to change his flight home (typical!), so rang up yesterday. The flight he wants is a morning one from EWR rather than the evening from JFK, but I assumed that with both of them being in New York, it would simply be the £35 change fee (couldn’t do it online in MMB, said we needed to ring in).
Was just about to pay the £35 when the agent suddenly announced there was also a charge of £65 for the increase in taxes. Queried this, and she went away and checked and said it was right. I decided not to proceed, as couldn’t check with my son it was ok there and then (he’s working at camp with very limited signal).
His original flight back was at peak time, the new one is off peak. She confirmed there would be no refund of Avios as he’s flown the outbound, which is absolutely fine. I was a bit puzzled by the extra charges though.
Flight was booked in April/May time (can’t remember exactly when) and he flew the outbound at the beginning of June.
They’re in different states and run by two different local government authorities who set their own taxes.
People in New Jersey would lynch you if you said they were in New York.
I fly to both reasonably often and I always thought it was a wives tail of sorts. Yes, petrol is cheaper and sales taxes are different etc in the garden state, and locals always told me that EWR is cheaper than JFK or LGA.
I have never noticed a difference in air fare albeit I always book from the UK. However I do find BA’s cheapest flights are to / from LGW presumably because they compete with cheaper carriers on that route and with older aircraft.
BTW – EWR is a dump.
They’re in different states and run by two different local government authorities who set their own taxes.
People in New Jersey would lynch you if you said they were in New York.
EWR is designated as a New York City airport. It implies nothing other than IATA has designate that when doing airport searches.
They may be in different states but they are both run by the same organisation – the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey – a bi state agency.
Any “tax” increase is more due to BAs surcharges than any government levied one.
They’re in different states and run by two different local government authorities who set their own taxes.
People in New Jersey would lynch you if you said they were in New York.
Sorry. I meant it as in, it’s one of the options that comes up when you put New York in the search for flights. I guess it’s similar to London Luton airport!
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