Taxes and Fees

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ericOYANI

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Wao,
Es increible los impuesto a Rep.Dom. Son demaciado alto. Estuve comparando los impuestos un round trip a sto dgo de Jfk solo en impuesto se paga al rededor de $120.00 USD. Es un dano que se le esta haciendo a los dominicanos y a la economia en Rep. Dom. con estos sobre cargo.
Que horror!

Devieramos comensar una peticion para mandarla al govierno y a los medios de prensa!
 
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El_Uruguayo

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You know what bugged me. I recently took a flight out of Punta Cana, and normally my flights have all taxes in. Well the charter didn't have the departure taxes included, so I was to pay U$20, I told them I only had pesos or canadian dollars. I was to pay $800pesos. Why should it be cheaper in dollars, that makes no sense - punish the locals, reward the gringos? wtf. They said its because the airport has an exchange rate of $40/dollar. Lame. Also a few other places at the airport things are more expensive in pesos than in dollars, it should be the other way around - i.e smokes $150 or U$4.
 
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The tourist card you buy on the way in, and departure tax are a primary source for the gubmint to buy USD. Notice everything in doofree is priced in USD?
 
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corsair74

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This is especially maddening since I recently reserved a ticket to Brazil and only paid about $60 in taxes. Whereas the taxes on my ticket to the DR for next month added up to about $130.
 
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jalencastro

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wow

El_Uruguayo said:
You know what bugged me. I recently took a flight out of Punta Cana, and normally my flights have all taxes in. Well the charter didn't have the departure taxes included, so I was to pay U$20, I told them I only had pesos or canadian dollars. I was to pay $800pesos. Why should it be cheaper in dollars, that makes no sense - punish the locals, reward the gringos? wtf. They said its because the airport has an exchange rate of $40/dollar. Lame. Also a few other places at the airport things are more expensive in pesos than in dollars, it should be the other way around - i.e smokes $150 or U$4.
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this reminds me of one instance when the agent wanted to nail me with the 'departure' tax of $20 and i only had a 500 peso bill on me. He took it no questions asked...right in his pocket and let me go through...unbelievable :ermm:
 
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jalencastro said:
this reminds me of one instance when the agent wanted to nail me with the 'departure' tax of $20 and i only had a 500 peso bill on me. He took it no questions asked...right in his pocket and let me go through...unbelievable :ermm:
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Why would you ever have to pay the "departure tax" on a US bound flight?

It has been built in to the tickee price for over 10 years.

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El_Uruguayo

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In my case it was a canadian bound flight with a charter - Sunwing. I had to pay tourist card aswell, but most other times, both "taxes" were included.
 
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jalencastro

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not true

Tamborista said:
Why would you ever have to pay the "departure tax" on a US bound flight?

It has been built in to the tickee price for over 10 years.

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if that were so they were making a fortune off everyone on line. all booked through American Airlines for the most part. I have been told it's built in on an electronic ticket only. I dont know if there is any truth to that but I know I wasnt the only one they got money from on a couple of ocassions (once when I flew Air Santo Domingo) and once when I flew Delta... :ermm:
 
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jalencastro said:
if that were so they were making a fortune off everyone on line. all booked through American Airlines for the most part. I have been told it's built in on an electronic ticket only. I dont know if there is any truth to that but I know I wasnt the only one they got money from on a couple of ocassions (once when I flew Air Santo Domingo) and once when I flew Delta... :ermm:
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I have purchased hard copy tickets through travel agents as well as e-tickets, and guess what...NO DEPARTURE FEE@ the airport.

Whatever, nice backpeddle!
 
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