Airport Tax

luthier · Post by **luthier** » Thu 18th Sep 2008 04:27 am

http://www.schiphol.nl/AirportInformati ... entid=4943

Just wondering about this. Is this paid when you enter or exit? Or both? And what if you fly into Schiphol more than once? Do you get hit every time by this tax? Im coming from Toronto...assuming i'll get hit with the 45euro which is more than $55CAD...any takers?

Kermit · Post by **Kermit** » Thu 18th Sep 2008 08:05 am

Dont they include it in your ticket price?

Ghost · Post by **Ghost** » Thu 18th Sep 2008 08:14 am

yeah its all included in the price like kermit said.

Kermit · Post by **Kermit** » Thu 18th Sep 2008 08:20 am

STENMAN wrote:yeah its all included in the price like kermit said.

Thank god for that as i am always skint when departure day come

Kaiser Saucy · Post by **Kaiser Saucy** » Thu 18th Sep 2008 12:42 pm

I hate airport tax!! especially since our prick government doubled it 'to protect the enviroment'

Are people seriously going to give up nipping over to spain or somewhere for their hols because the tax has gone up to about £30? no their not, so it's not to protect the enviroment, it's to line their coffers under the guise of having concerns about enviromental impact. I saw a £400 return flight to Delhi recently, when it gave me the breakdown £180 was tax!! You work hard, pay your income tax, get hit with VAT on most things, get fleeced on fuel, pay your exhorbitant council tax, your tv licence (tax) & when you want to go and relax they batter you with tax for leaving the stupid country.

echc1 · Post by **echc1** » Thu 18th Sep 2008 03:15 pm

my return flights cost 38 pounds...the taxes took it upto 130 pounds total...figure out how much the govt skim

Hoop66 · Post by **Hoop66** » Thu 18th Sep 2008 03:44 pm

RECEIPT:
Fare details:
Category Fare Taxes,Fees,Charges Subtotal
02 ADULTS EUR84.00 EUR149.30 EUR233.30

So that's total fare €84, total taxes €149.30.

Somebody, somewhere is taking the piss.

echc1 · Post by **echc1** » Thu 18th Sep 2008 05:05 pm

yeah someone is....you don't see them in power working a normal life when they leave power do you?....strange how they go from "the peoples man" to the jet set rather quickly on the tax payers money....taxation today doesnt help run things...it just lines pockets

Kaiser Saucy · Post by **Kaiser Saucy** » Thu 18th Sep 2008 05:45 pm

It's like politicians truly resent people having any disposable income, they just have to claw as much of it as possible from us.

They make me sick with some of the garbage they force on us

echc1 · Post by **echc1** » Thu 18th Sep 2008 06:04 pm

remember that it's an enviro tax...while the world leaders and entourage jet around the world and drive around in gas-guzzlers....couldn't they watch the olympics on tv like the rest of us? fuck state banquets...give them macdonalds or if possible worse

Kaiser Saucy · Post by **Kaiser Saucy** » Thu 18th Sep 2008 06:45 pm

That's true, they dont need to stay in 5 star hotels and have fancy banquets with more caviar than you can shake a stick at. They should be able to discuss policy just as well in travel lodge eating some chips & fish fingers. Seems like everyone but them and their rich crony friends need to cut back

luthier · Post by **luthier** » Fri 19th Sep 2008 01:29 am

Kermit wrote:Dont they include it in your ticket price?

That's a good question...we booked these tickets with martin air in the springtime, i think there was snow on the ground still. I'll get this info off my buddy who bokked the flights. I was figuring i'd have to pay it when i got there if it wasnt included in my tricket...OR it was something like dominican republic. Where you need to pay to leave the country in cash, or you dont leave.

Kermit · Post by **Kermit** » Fri 19th Sep 2008 08:43 am

luthier wrote:
Kermit wrote:Dont they include it in your ticket price?

That's a good question...we booked these tickets with martin air in the springtime, i think there was snow on the ground still. I'll get this info off my buddy who bokked the flights. I was figuring i'd have to pay it when i got there if it wasnt included in my tricket...OR it was something like dominican republic. Where you need to pay to leave the country in cash, or you dont leave.

Would have thought they cant charge you now as you booked so early but still would like to know the answer for that one.
Thanks

Kaiser Saucy · Post by **Kaiser Saucy** » Fri 19th Sep 2008 02:18 pm

Well my tax has been included in my ticket prices, but that's coming from England. Whether it's different for someone coming from Canada or the states, i dont know. I would have thought the tax would be included but obviously it's best to make sure.