lautray said:
I think you are after this:
ROE1.356494XT4.50QR31.18WY38.00AU3.09WG24.60SW50.00GB32.50UB6.60YC6.60XA9.20XY3.30AY.
Can you make heads or tails of this, NM? Which tax is what?
Thats the one:
ROE is the Rate of Exchange that is used to move betwene currencies. All airline calculations are performed in NUC (Neutral Unit of Construction) value, which is basically a US$. IATA publish ROE values used by the fare clearing house for currency conversions. So the ROE used for A$ conversion on your fare and taxes is 1.356494.
XT then starts the combined taxes component of the construction.
4.50QR is $4.50 the total for Passenger Serivces Charge - Domestic. This varies between airports used. For example, MEL is $3.39 per departure.
31.18WY is $31.18 the total for Passenger Services Charge - International. Again this varies between airports and is usually based on a round-trip amount. For MEL this is $21.64.
38.00AU is $38 for Passenger Movement Charge, otherwise known Departure Tax from Australia.
3.09WG is $3.09 for Safety and Security Charge and varies by airport used.
24.6SW is the Japan International Passenger Service Facility Charge
50.00GB is the UK Air Passneger Duty. This should be GBP20 for a departure outside the EU for a passenger in economy class. This is effectively the government departure tax for UK.
32.50UB is the UK Passenger Service Charge. This is the airports usage fee.
6.60YC is $6.60 for US Customs User Fee, converted from US$5.50. This A$6.60 is a fixed amount for A$ and not using ROE for conversion.
6.60XA is $6.60 for US Animal and Plant Health Inspection Serivce Fee. Again this is a fixed A$ amount converted from US$4.95. Strange that in this case US$4.95 converts to the same amount as US$5.50 does in the case of YC!
9.20XY is $9.20 for the US Immigration and Naturalisation Service Fee. US$7.00.
3.30AY is the US Passenger Civil Aviation Security Service Fee and is calculated as US$2.50 per sector flown with a maximim of US$10 per ticket.
The XT calculation appears complete and correct to me. I have not looked at the YQ calculation yet.