<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Also when you look at the breakdown of a fare with BA for example at the end of August the total return fare is £399.70. The actual fare return is £117 taxes charges etc £282.70.[/quote]

Airlines can manipulate taxes and charges to suit their own purposes.

That BA fare includes a huge fuel surcharge.

I am booked with American Airline from Manchester to MCO later this month. Their figures are:

Fare = £239, Taxes and fees = £88.20, Total = £327.20

I am cashing in my AA accrued airmiles next year and will have four trips in First Class from Manchester to Orlando. You just pay the Taxes and the total for each return trip is £105.50 and this includes the £80 GB Air Passenger duty for a long haul trip ex UK in first class.

On the other hand, I had a dispute with AA about the taxes for a flight last summer(2007), and got a full breakdown of all the codes on my ticket. These were:

GB Tax (air Passenger Duty) = £40
UB Tax (passenger Service
charge international departures) = £12.70
AY Tax (US Security fee) = £5.20
US Tax (Int'l Transportation Tax) = £15.40
XA Tax (US APHIS User Fee) = £2.60
XF Tax (Passenger Facility Tax) = £2.30
XY Tax (US Federal Inspection fee)= £3.60
YC Tax (US Customs User Fee) = £2.60
TQ Tax (Security Tax) = £64.80

TOTAL = £149.20

You can still get the odd last minute charter to Orlando for a little over £100.

So from that conflicting set of taxes and charges how much will Ryanair charge?