Fees with an airline ticket

[Mavmb]

Fees from an airline ticket I just bought. Do we even know what a segment fee is or how these taxes are allocated? Or do we even care?


Base Fare
$ 162.68
Excise Taxes
$ 12.20
Segment Fee
$ 4.00
Passenger Facility Charge
$ 4.50
September 11th Security Fee
$ 5.60

 

[mshunter]

Think of that security fee as paying for the pleasure of having your junk felt up with blue gloves.

 

[MAK49]

Excise Taxes - Pretty sure this is basically a fuel tax, which goes back to the FAA and funds Air Traffic Control and airport improvements

Segment Fee - A fee for each segment of flight (takeoff and landing) that goes back to the FAA as well

Passenger Facility Charge - Goes back to airports to fund improvement projects

September 11th Security Fee - Goes to the TSA to fund whatever it is they like to think they do

 

[B200 Hawk]

Where is the flight crew wage fee? $5 would do just fine.

 

[Murdoughnut]

We (airports) rely on the PFC for capital improvements. The amount has to be agreed upon by our airline tenants, so it's not like we can just charge whatever we want.

 

[FloridaLarry]

We (airports) rely on the PFC for capital improvements. The amount has to be agreed upon by our airline tenants, so it's not like we can just charge whatever we want.

Does it go directly to the local airport to pay for their part of capital improvements, or does it to go the FAA to (help) pay for their part? That match is often 90% (FAA) - 10% local, particularly for projects in the low 7 figures.

 

[Roger Roger]

How about the "$162 is a ridiculously low number for jetting around in the safest, fastest form of mass transit in history" fee?

 

[Cptnchia]

How about the "$162 is a ridiculously low number for jetting around in the safest, fastest form of mass transit in history" fee?

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