Ok, here is my question for you David. Have you ever seen the taxes on air travel in other countries? -----Original Message----- From: RWM <RWM@xxxxxxxxxx> To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 16:50:18 -0400 Subject: Re: Low Fares? Security? Hassle-free? Looks like it's about a half-dollar per minute of wait time..... including the pad for variability. - RWM David MR wrote: >The actual fares are low, the taxes are high. >The lowest I found roundtrip on Southwest going to OAK, with one stop, was $270.30. The fare itself was only $221.40. The taxes are $48.90 (22.1% of the fare). > >I found a fare for United of $209.30, connecting in LAX to SFO, of which the taxes were $51.16 (32.4% of the actual fare of $158.14). > >Just think of all the great airport security and hassle-free airports we are getting with our taxes! > >David R >-------------- Original message -------------- > > > >>I keep reading about low airfares but unless you are traveling between a >>dozen or so super competitive cities, ie NYC MCO or EWR SFO or somthing like >>that >>I find airfares are the highest I have seen in years. Costs more from Tucson >>AZ to SFO than a trans continental flight. Seems like 90% of the American >>travelers are paying real big bucks this summer. >>