Cancelled flight? Reclaim your taxes and duty!
By Darren Cronian on Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

Apparently travel consumers are loosing out because we fail to reclaim the tax and duty paid on cancelled flight tickets. Well, I for one didn’t know you could reclaim this, and I am sure the airlines aren’t going to remind me to do this.

Cancelled flight? Reclaim your taxes and duty!

According to an Insure and Go poll of 2070 people, conducted by YouGov this summer, nearly half of travellers (48%) are not aware they can claim it back, while 3% said they were put off by the high administration charge from the airline.

So reclaim back your taxes! Don’t let the airlines take your hard earnt cash.


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8 responses to “Cancelled flight? Reclaim your taxes and duty!”

Peter | 2 October, 2007 at 10:29 am

How does one reclaim tax and duty?
Thanks.

Darren Cronian | 2 October, 2007 at 11:07 am

You need to contact the airline direct Peter.

I’ve heard that some airlines are now charging an admin fee for this, surprise surprise.

Craig McGinty | 2 October, 2007 at 2:23 pm

Be very aware of the admin fees, in some cases you can owe the airline money - no joke!

Check out the AUC news section for the story from late August:

http://www.caa.co.uk/default.aspx?catid=306

Darren Cronian | 2 October, 2007 at 3:50 pm

Thanks Craig, very interesting.

Nicholas Lee | 3 October, 2007 at 11:33 am

Darren

We always advise customers to reclaim tax. This week 1 person should be receiving £186.40 in tax refund. The ticket originally cost £426.40

But read the small print. The administration charges can be higher than the tax.

Darren Cronian | 4 October, 2007 at 4:50 pm

Thanks Nicholas, that’s encouraging to hear that travel agencies are advising consumers of this!

£186.40 is a lot of money to have refunded.

Yvonne | 6 October, 2007 at 2:50 pm

I am more likely to book a holiday through a company like Nicholas’s.

For a number of years I have booked our family holiday through a local independent travel agency.

H Roberts | 16 June, 2008 at 11:39 am

Having cancelled a holiday which involved some flights with Ryanair May 07 Attempted to recover taxes - Ryan air maintained that thier admin charge exceeded tax ( £37) - Claimed whole built up holiday package from travel insurance company - Insurance dedected the £37 from payment as insurance ( small print) do not cover admin charges!! - Buyer Beware - It does not pay to be honest - You are taken for a ride!!

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