taxes and charges to nz for an award booking

bigjobs · #1 (**permalink**) 1st May 2007, 01:01 PM

the taxes and charges are $540.xx for 2 economy award seats with QF. Emirates charges and taxes are $157.xx for the same trip on the same dates. i think i'll keep my points for later and pay the fare of $524.xx plus $157.xx taxes with emirates.

(all of this is for 2 people too.) that just seems over the top on QF taxes and charges ...

heck, i will even see what emirates can do in business class for the short flight across the pond.

NM · #2 (**permalink**) 1st May 2007, 01:29 PM

In January I used AA miles for 3 x business class Qantas flights BNE-MEL-AKL-MEL-BNE. For three people the total cost was $148.43. Two of the passengers were under 16yo so did not have to pay the $38 AU tax. For the exact same flights, Qantas wanted over $700 and 3 times the number of points/miles as AA (300,000 vs 105,000).

Kiwi Flyer · #3 (**permalink**) 1st May 2007, 02:05 PM

yup trans-tasman is generally not a good use of points

there are some recent thread comparing prices and services on trans-tasman

JohnK · #4 (**permalink**) 1st May 2007, 02:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigjobs

the taxes and charges are $540.xx for 2 economy award seats with QF.

Wow! That is almost a return airfare for 1 person.

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigjobs

(all of this is for 2 people too.) that just seems over the top on QF taxes and charges ...

It appears that no one can put a stop to this absurd situation continuing.

Kiwi Flyer · #5 (**permalink**) 1st May 2007, 02:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnK

Wow! That is almost a return airfare for 1 person.

That is more than the return airfare for 1 person in the recent sales, and almost return airfares for 2 people.

serfty · #6 (**permalink**) 2nd May 2007, 06:20 AM

Where are you flying from in Oz?

Until the end of this month, one can purchase a return fare on Qantas AKL-MEL/SYD-AKL for NZD430!

Code:

Price Breakdown
Fare     Charges/taxes    Total Price for 1 adult 

204.00 + 225.66        =  429.66 (NZD)

Ok, how about ex Oz.

What about MEL-AKL-MEL?

Yes, with the currant sale it can be had for AUD468.

Code:

Price Breakdown
Fare     Charges/taxes    Total Price for 1 adult 

278.00 + 189.86        =  467.86 (AUD)

JohnK · #7 (**permalink**) 2nd May 2007, 11:16 AM

The OP mentions that taxes & charges for 2 return economy tickets to NZ are ~A$540. We don't know the originating city or the routing.

As mentioned by serfty above the taxes & charges ex MEL for 2 paid tickets to NZ are ~$380 and I think taxes & charges ex SYD for 2 paid tickets to NZ are ~$400.

OK, I am confused. There shouldn't be any difference in taxes & charges for award tickets or paid tickets. Can someone please explain this anomaly?

serfty · #8 (**permalink**) 2nd May 2007, 11:25 AM

I assumed it was to do with routing; each segment adds a minimum of $40 pp.

Hence my preamble question: "Where are you flying from in Oz?".

bigjobs · #9 (**permalink**) 2nd May 2007, 02:19 PM

sorry guys, it was from bne to akl return. i got my info from the qf website for 14th of june out and 17th of june back.

serfty · #10 (**permalink**) 2nd May 2007, 09:01 PM

The more sectors the more it costs these days; I see no direct award flights AKL/BNE are currently available. It's a bit tough 6 weeks out.

You can go via SYD each way for 57,600 points + the $540 return in +++. (Normally 72K FF ppints but a 20% discount applies using SEEAKL20 code.)

OR

Purchase on Qantas.com BNE-AKL-BNE return fares for those dates; pp cost is presently an inclusive $466 each with the current sale.