Why are the Taxes on my airline ticket so much? I booked a flight to Panama City, Panama(PTY), departing in February 2008. The fare was $509.00 with tax of $258.00 for a total of $767.00 I booked the same flight in February of 2006 with a fare of $484.00 with tax of $83.00
-Sam

Hi Sam,

it appears that you have run into both a small tax increase and a whopping fuel surcharge increase since 2006. International fuel surcharges are running from $120-180 right now and really should be part of the base airfare, but that are normally quoted in the “taxes & fees” portion of your airline ticket. Fuel surcharges make it hard to compare things apples to apples in come cases…