What taxes did you pay on long haul Avios redemptions in 2021?

[ed_fly]

Adstring wrote:

Looking at £1480 for 2 for a return LHR to JFk in July this year. I’m sure it used to be closer to £1k..

In aug 2020 I paid £1371 for 2 F seats to JFK for July 21, rebooked using an FTV in dec 21 for July 22 to/from EWR and got a tax refund of £18. So around £1353

[RussC]

December 2021 Companion fare CW LHR-AUS return paid £1351.04. Same flights next weekend cost is £1269.74 but used a companion voucher wrapped in an FTV for a cancelled LHR- MAN return flight booked to preserve expiring voucher, so difficult to compare.

[Iona]

Not sure it’s quite what you’re after as it’s mixed class but I booked one way LHR-BOS for travel in September 2022 in September 2021 for a cash element of £906.94 for two passengers (with a companion voucher). Then added on a return in CW for another £442.40 a few weeks later.

[lev441]

London – Maldives – London booked in October 2021 was £616.17 per person in taxes and surcharges for club world

[ANNE]

£1349.34 for LHR-SFO outbound and LAX-LHR inbound, so £674.67 each. Booked late September 2021.

Think the first time I flew Club long haul the total taxes and fees were sub £250 person back in 2006, but my memory may be failing me these days…. And I think I got a partial refund on that as well thanks to a fuel surcharge scandal of some sort – details lost in the mists of time now!

[Rob]

Thanks for your help with this. Keep an eye out for an article on Monday.

[lev441]

Other data points all club world return booked in September- October 2021

London – Dubai £544.97
London – Toronto £663.97
London – Mexico City £698.27

[Nadeshka]

Quite a few data points for Tokyo as we desperately try to rebook our trip:

£1232.28 for 2 adults and an infant return booked March 2020

£1239.08 for 2 adults and an infant return booked October 2020

£1538.48 for 4 (3 adults and 1 child) one way to Tokyo booked March 2021 for this March.

£2256 for 4 (3 adults and 1 child) return to Tokyo booked March 2021 for this March (can’t find the email to get the exact pence amount).

62.07 to add an infant in Nov 2021

I moved the flight again in December 2021 and they wanted an extra ~£68 I think across all the passengers but haven’t processed it yet (apparently I need to call them back about this but not gotten around to that…)

And trawling my emails also turned up a comparison in Nov 2013 – 2 adults return to Tokyo was £1169.90