On 23/01/2012 13:52, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
wrote:
On 22/01/2012 21:52, Stephen Sprunk wrote:
There's also the time it takes to count the customer's money and, if
applicable, make change. This is particularly bad in the US since taxes
are not included in the price, so the total due is rarely known before
the order is rung up.
Why is that, I wonder? I think that is also the case with the GST and
PST in Canada.
Here in many (if not all) parts of Europe, the price that you pay for
something already has relevant taxes figured in.
Yet here in the United States, when prices for airline travel and hotel
rooms are stated, they included taxes. In Europe, travel prices are
more often stated without all taxes included.
That's not been my experience on premium airlines. When I buy a ticket
on something like BA or SAS, the price quoted is the price that I pay.
The ticket will indicate a breakdown of prices, such as the actual seat
charge and all the relevant taxes.
It is possible that you were looking at a fare quoted by a budget
airline. Many of them, as part of their sales gimmick, have in the past
advertised very low fares but have not always note all the taxes.
This is something, against which the European Commission has come out.