10% increase

[shokun 0]

The prices are 10% increase from Bankok to all destinations, effective July 1, 2009. ( date of payment ).

 

who'r has the booking and confimred, please do you make a payment On/Before June 30, 2009.

[vidman 2]

Its a good heads up but where did you get your info?

 

Having checked Emirates site they have already sneaking the base prices up a little.

[shokun 0]

Its a good heads up but where did you get your info?

 

Having checked Emirates site they have already sneaking the base prices up a little.

 

Emirate are advised to travel agency.

[knortyboy 155]

Emirate are advised to travel agency.

 

I've heard of this before but it didn't seem to affect prices when booking direct via their website.

[ingo67 8]

Their prices always go up for the summer holidays and then come down again usually mid - late September.

[shokun 0]

I've heard of this before but it didn't seem to affect prices when booking direct via their website.

 

Effective July 1, 2009. that date it's mean Date of Payment.

[4niceight 32]

Emirate to travel agent ticket not any more useful. Everyone must pay. Better price next year?

[vidman 2]

Ok the heads up was correct...as of today all the emirates prices have risen.

 

 

The OP got it wrong tho and the increases are 30percent and not his 10percent statement....................grrrrrr

 

How Emirates can justify this hike in these credit crunch times is beyond me.

[Brown1950 67]

Ok the heads up was correct...as of today all the emirates prices have risen.

 

 

The OP got it wrong tho and the increases are 30percent and not his 10percent statement....................grrrrrr

 

How Emirates can justify this hike in these credit crunch times is beyond me.

 

 

Over the last 24hrs many airlines have increased fares by 30% as an example Qatar were quoting Manchester/Hong Kong £310.00 incl taxes now around £430.00 for September flight. UK Government taxes ???

[neil324 0]

Ok the heads up was correct...as of today all the emirates prices have risen.

 

 

The OP got it wrong tho and the increases are 30percent and not his 10percent statement....................grrrrrr

 

How Emirates can justify this hike in these credit crunch times is beyond me.

 

 

Crazy for sure. When they lowered their prices to the £400 pound mark from the UK i thought it was sure way to fill planes. Maybe they have sold all the cheaper seats they want or oil has gone up. Who knows. The same flights now are £560 with emirates a sure way to empty planes. I paid £600 last year when oil was double what it is today!!!

[neil324 0]

Over the last 24hrs many airlines have increased fares by 30% as an example Qatar were quoting Manchester/Hong Kong £310.00 incl taxes now around £430.00 for September flight. UK Government taxes ???

 

Does'nt the tax hike kick in, in November, even then its only £10 this time i think. I think the main reason for the hikes is oil has doubled from $35 to $70 since these deals were started.

Edited July 2, 2009 by neil324

[Brown1950 67]

Does'nt the tax hike kick in, in November, even then its only £10 this time i think. I think the main reason for the hikes is oil has doubled from $35 to $70 since these deals were started.

 

Herewith article from BALPA which basically sums up the whole situation :-

 

AIR PASSENGERS SAY THEY WILL DESERT UK AIRLINESResults out today suggest that air passengers, travelling long haul from regional airports in the UK could desert British airlines and the major UK airports if the Government fails to take action over Air Passenger Duty (APD).

 

An Ipsos MORI on-line poll, commissioned by the British Airline Pilots' Association (BALPA), found that (among those who expressed a preference) 90% of adults aged 16 to 64 would prefer to fly to Amsterdam to connect with their long haul flight, avoiding APD, rather than Heathrow where a tax of up to £85 per passenger applies.

 

Rather than reduce APD, the Government intends to more than double this tax at British airports over the next 18 months.

 

'The results of our poll are extremely worrying,' said Jim McAuslan, General Secretary of BALPA.

 

'At a time when the worldwide aviation industry is suffering the UK Chancellor is going to suffocate his very own industry. This could only be dreamt up in the UK; the Dutch have recently scrapped their tax on passenger flights to try to attract more business from neighbouring countries and good old Britain is happy to oblige. This is economic madness'

 

At the same time as Amsterdam was scrapping its duties, the British Government was increasing its tax on air passengers,he said.

 

A family of four travelling economy class to Disneyland in Florida for half term week 2011 will pay £240 in taxes; to the Caribbean for a Christmas in 2010 it will be £300 and for the family to visit relatives in Australia that Christmas it will be £340 before they even board the aircraft.

 

'This is a triple whammy,' Jim McAuslan said.

 

'The increases in APD will hurt hard working families who have toiled for a holiday and it will hurt them irrespective of their income. This flat rate regressive tax is a poll tax of the skies.

 

It will hit our airlines who have to pay their way and unlike other forms of transport don't draw on any public funds.

 

'And it will hurt British jobs and the staff who are already facing a very difficult time. This is a blow for the UK's economy when it needs a boost.'

 

BALPA is calling on all parts of the industry to work together to draw the public's attention to this stealth tax and to persuade the Government to scrap the planned increases due to come in on November 1and allow UK aviation to compete on a level playing field.

 

 

 

Ipsos MORI were commissioned to ask the question below in an Omnibus poll. The question was asked online to a sample of 1,000 adults aged 16 to 64. The survey was conducted between the 15th and 19th of May. Results have been weighted to the known population

 

The question was:

 

Imagine a scenario where you are traveling to Australia from a regional airport in the UK; such as Birmingham, Manchester or Edinburgh. This journey would involve a transfer onto a long haul aircraft at a large international airport.

 

When booking your tickets, you are told that you would pay £85 less in Air Passenger Tax per person by transferring in Amsterdam than you would if you transferred at London Heathrow.

 

Given the choice, if you actually decided to make this journey, which route would you prefer to take?

 

Please assume that factors such as airline carrier, departure time, journey time, in-flight meals/entertainment etc are the same regardless of where you transfer.

 

The results:

 

Prefer Amsterdam Prefer Heathrow

Total (1,000 sample) 76% 9%

Total of those with a preference (856) 90% 10%

 

Region: Of those expressing a preference (where sample sizes are sufficiently large)

 

North West (102) 93% 7%

Yorkshire and Humberside (82) 96% 4%

West Midlands (96) 93% 7%

South West (79) 87% 13%

South East (155) 85.5% 14.5%

London (124) 85% 15%

Scotland (62) 98% 2%

[jacko 8,814]

The cynic in me says BA will suffer, and LHR will lose passengers... and the staff there lose jobs.

Hard to find anything wrong there.

Perhaps Brown should just put a large tax on short flights to other hubs ie Manchester/Brum etc to Amsterdam.

[Brown1950 67]

Does'nt the tax hike kick in, in November, even then its only £10 this time i think. I think the main reason for the hikes is oil has doubled from $35 to $70 since these deals were started.

Air Passenger Duty Rates

 

£10 increase ??? See below !

 

Class of ticket and travel destination Duty per UK flight departure

 

Passengers flying to

EEA destinations and certain

other European countries In lowest class of travel £10

In other classes £20

Passengers flying to

other destinations In lowest class of travel £40

In other classes £80

 

Change from 1 November 2009

From 1 November 2009 and 1 November 2010 Air Passenger Duty is charged based on a band that is determined by the distance of the capital city of the destination country in miles from the UK.

 

Band and distance of capital city of destination country in miles from the UK In the lowest class of travel (reduced rate) In other than the lowest class of travel (standard rate)

On and after 1 Nov 2009 On and after 1 Nov 2010 On and after 1 Nov 2009 On and after 1 Nov 2010

Band A (0-2000) £11 £12 £22 £24

Band B (2001-4000) £45 £60 £90 £120

Band C (4001-6000) £50 £75 £100 £150

Band D (over 6000) £55 £85 £110 £170

[jacko 8,814]

How will all those guys on the dole afford their trips to LOS?

If I read the above correctlyt, the tax doubles on 1/11/2010.

The tax doubles if the flight exceeds 2000 miles.

 

And for 2011, they start using KM as a further increase...

 

In 2011, if I fly from Manchester to BKK via London, using Biz class from the capital I pay £192 taxes one way?

 

Is there VAT on the ticket too?

[neil324 0]

Herewith article from BALPA which basically sums up the whole situation :-

 

AIR PASSENGERS SAY THEY WILL DESERT UK AIRLINESResults out today suggest that air passengers, travelling long haul from regional airports in the UK could desert British airlines and the major UK airports if the Government fails to take action over Air Passenger Duty (APD).

 

An Ipsos MORI on-line poll, commissioned by the British Airline Pilots' Association (BALPA), found that (among those who expressed a preference) 90% of adults aged 16 to 64 would prefer to fly to Amsterdam to connect with their long haul flight, avoiding APD, rather than Heathrow where a tax of up to £85 per passenger applies.

 

Rather than reduce APD, the Government intends to more than double this tax at British airports over the next 18 months.

 

'The results of our poll are extremely worrying,' said Jim McAuslan, General Secretary of BALPA.

 

'At a time when the worldwide aviation industry is suffering the UK Chancellor is going to suffocate his very own industry. This could only be dreamt up in the UK; the Dutch have recently scrapped their tax on passenger flights to try to attract more business from neighbouring countries and good old Britain is happy to oblige. This is economic madness'

 

At the same time as Amsterdam was scrapping its duties, the British Government was increasing its tax on air passengers,he said.

 

A family of four travelling economy class to Disneyland in Florida for half term week 2011 will pay £240 in taxes; to the Caribbean for a Christmas in 2010 it will be £300 and for the family to visit relatives in Australia that Christmas it will be £340 before they even board the aircraft.

 

'This is a triple whammy,' Jim McAuslan said.

 

'The increases in APD will hurt hard working families who have toiled for a holiday and it will hurt them irrespective of their income. This flat rate regressive tax is a poll tax of the skies.

 

It will hit our airlines who have to pay their way and unlike other forms of transport don't draw on any public funds.

 

'And it will hurt British jobs and the staff who are already facing a very difficult time. This is a blow for the UK's economy when it needs a boost.'

 

BALPA is calling on all parts of the industry to work together to draw the public's attention to this stealth tax and to persuade the Government to scrap the planned increases due to come in on November 1and allow UK aviation to compete on a level playing field.

 

 

 

Ipsos MORI were commissioned to ask the question below in an Omnibus poll. The question was asked online to a sample of 1,000 adults aged 16 to 64. The survey was conducted between the 15th and 19th of May. Results have been weighted to the known population

 

The question was:

 

Imagine a scenario where you are traveling to Australia from a regional airport in the UK; such as Birmingham, Manchester or Edinburgh. This journey would involve a transfer onto a long haul aircraft at a large international airport.

 

When booking your tickets, you are told that you would pay £85 less in Air Passenger Tax per person by transferring in Amsterdam than you would if you transferred at London Heathrow.

 

Given the choice, if you actually decided to make this journey, which route would you prefer to take?

 

Please assume that factors such as airline carrier, departure time, journey time, in-flight meals/entertainment etc are the same regardless of where you transfer.

 

The results:

 

Prefer Amsterdam Prefer Heathrow

Total (1,000 sample) 76% 9%

Total of those with a preference (856) 90% 10%

 

Region: Of those expressing a preference (where sample sizes are sufficiently large)

 

North West (102) 93% 7%

Yorkshire and Humberside (82) 96% 4%

West Midlands (96) 93% 7%

South West (79) 87% 13%

South East (155) 85.5% 14.5%

London (124) 85% 15%

Scotland (62) 98% 2%

 

 

But isn't the tax charged on the whole flight you book, say london-bangkok even if its 2 legs. So going via Amsterdam won't help unless you make 2 seperate bookings? Not an expert.

[knortyboy 155]

But isn't the tax charged on the whole flight you book, say london-bangkok even if its 2 legs. So going via Amsterdam won't help unless you make 2 seperate bookings? Not an expert.

 

 

Less tax due to Amsterdam by being a short haul destination and no tax on long haul flights from there.

[neil324 0]

Less tax due to Amsterdam by being a short haul destination and no tax on long haul flights from there.

 

Ok so its not worked out on destination then, just when the flight you board terminates. So all direct flights from the UK are going to rocket, ones that go via the middle east not as bad and any via europe will be less affected.

[tombon 113]

The other day i was just telling a friend that emirates prices seem to be high, I av never used them b4 and av always flown with Etihad to LOS, i hope Etihad dont fpllow suit and up there prices in the future.

[knortyboy 155]

Seems that Emirates prices have dropped again. Not down to June price levels but no far off.

[torrenova 644]

How will all those guys on the dole afford their trips to LOS?

If I read the above correctlyt, the tax doubles on 1/11/2010.

The tax doubles if the flight exceeds 2000 miles.

 

And for 2011, they start using KM as a further increase...

 

In 2011, if I fly from Manchester to BKK via London, using Biz class from the capital I pay £192 taxes one way?

 

Is there VAT on the ticket too?

 

Strangely enough there is no VAT on airline tickets nor are there certain duties on the fuel which one would expect to see. A remnant of historic agreements in the early days for sure but it seems that the government is taxing the customer directly rather than the airline for this.

[kev0184 12]

this doesnt just apply to emirates but to all airlines, a month ago i was looking for a flight to BKK from Newcastle, 1st price i was quoted was 1718UK, but hidden away on the website was a "check all deals available button" i hit that and got business class for 1,318, saved 400, i had to change my days by 1 day to qualify, but i also get a free pick up from my place in UK to airport saving 40quid in cab fare, so 440 in total.

 

economy same route and same dates was 409, but no free cab.

 

also upgraded using airmiles from dubai to bkk into 1st just to try out the 380 in 1st class, happy days!!!

Edited July 13, 2009 by kev0184

[neil324 0]

Seems that Emirates prices have dropped again. Not down to June price levels but no far off.

 

Yep had noticed the same, strange so soon, can only say because oil was down nearly 20% at one point, but going back up again.