Anyone been affected by the new airport tax ?

[olive]

Holidaymakers in Spain this summer are facing a surprise new airport tax imposed by the Spanish government as it tries to balance its books.

Some airlines are passing the new departure tax on to passengers, even if they booked their flights months ago.

Some passengers have received emails telling them either to pay an extra charge of up to seven euros (£6) per person - or to cancel their flights.

Other airlines are deciding whether to absorb the cost themselves.

The budget airline Ryanair said Spain's 2012 budget, passed into law at the end of June, obliged airlines to pay increased taxes.

Source bbc.co.uk/business

Next there will be a French style tax on expat 2nd homes!!!!

[Footprint]

I booked flights for my son in June - he flies next week. Email from Ryanair has not confirmed whether the charges will be retrospective. It advises that if the spanish Government are insisting on retrospective paymet then they may be passed on. If this happens you can opt for a full refund instead - though why you would do that because of an extra £6 I cannot imagine.

[Julie]

I am flying with Ryanair on Monday, but I haven't recieved an email about anything.

[costakid]

Ryanair are sending emails warning they will charge the extra or you can have a refund. Got flights booked in advance with easyjet and monarch but no info yet. We have had 2 emails from ryanair but no confirmation of extra charges yet..

[Julie]

Maybe they think I have already paid enough 23 euro to Manchester, I won't complain if I have to pay another 6

[sujee]

OH flying to LBA on Monday has still not had an email from Ryanair to say extra charge. Will have to see what happens. €6 will hardly break the bank anyway.

[Julie]

LBA? Where is that

[Campo Steve]

LBA - Leeds Bradford

Question. Thought the tax was only going up by about 29 cents from Malaga. Assume those being charged 6 euros must be flying from Madrid or Barcelona.

[costakid]

Just had an email from Ryanair notifying us that our card will be debited with the new Spanish tax

[gerryh]

Same here.
It's going to cost me an extra €1.92 per person from Malaga.
Cheers
Gerry

[concorde]

Same here Gerry,
I did wonder why flying from Barcelona and Madrid were so much more at 8.95e and 9.12e.

http://www.ryanair.com/en/notices/gops/ ... _tax_en-GB

[Footprint]

My son and girlfriend arriving this evening courtesy of Ryanair - and no further charges were added.

[Trigger]

Got an email from Ryanair yesterday:

Dear Customer,

The Spanish 2012 budget was passed into law on Saturday 30 June, as a result all airlines are obliged, with effect from 1 July onwards to collect increased Spanish airport departure taxes from all passengers booked on flights after that date.

In accordance with Ryanair's General Terms and Conditions of Travel (Article 4.2.2) we hereby advise passengers that we will debit passengers for the increased airport departure tax imposed by the Spanish government for all flights departing from Spain which were booked before the 1st July 2012 for travel from the 1st July onwards. These monies will be debited automatically from the payment card used at the time of booking.

If you are not willing to accept this additional charge you may cancel your flights and apply for a full refund of your unused airfare, however you must do so by Friday 13th of July, otherwise your payment card will be charged.

You may apply for a refund of your Spanish flight by clicking on the below link:

http://schchng.ryanair.com//r.asp

Please see below confirmation of the charges, per person, departing from Spain.

http://www.ryanair.com/en/notices/gops/ ... _tax_en-GB




I find it amazing that they should go to such lengths to get back 3.84 euros!

[Campo Steve]

Got an email from Ryanair

I find it amazing that they should go to such lengths to get back 3.84 euros!

3.84 euros doesn't sound much on its own, but multiply that by, say, a million or more passengers and it becomes a sizeable sum. Ryanair aren't the only ones clawing it back from passengers, and quite rightly so.

[Sandramay]

I've just received the following from BMI baby


The Spanish Authorities recently announced an increase in departure tax on all flights leaving from Spanish airports on or after 1st July 2012.

As a result, the tax has risen on flights departing from Barcelona by £7.00 per person and by £1.50 per person departing from all other Spanish airports (or local currency equivalent).

If you made a booking with bmibaby on or after 4th July 2012 then your flight already includes the increase in tax. So no further action is required.

If you made a booking before 4th July 2012 then regrettably we will be debiting the card used to make your booking with the applicable taxes outlined above. We will start this process from week commencing 23rd July 2012.

Please note in order to travel this additional tax must be paid. Click here to view the terms and conditions.

[oliveview01]

We had a flight on the 8th July, never got the email, I wonder if we will be debited still?

[gerryw80]

I arrived in Spain on 5th july, wasnt charged any extra for the new tax, i suppose it has been implemented since the 2nd week of july

[Campo Steve]

It is a departure tax so I guess you could still be charged. Also depends on who you are flying with as some airlines are absorbing the tax, although I don't see why they should.

[barry]

No! No extra charges applied as yet.