Reward ticket taxes and fee's

[Scrooge]

I was just browsing the VS Facebook page and I stumbled across an interesting question.

Using a M+M fare the taxes and fee's are $164
A full reward the taxes and fee's are $349.76

Why the difference ?

Ah the mysteries of Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs and the circumlocutions within !

There is something about it in this:

Something to do with the terms of carriage and when it was offered etc etc

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(can a tech savvy mod please tidy up the link?)

'Tis done! - honey lamb

[Scrooge]

I don't think that applies in this case, from what I see that part is to do with an op up.

[mcmbenjamin]

Figures are correct (JFK to LHR return).

Differences are revenue versus non revenue fares and X and T booking classes.

Could there be an addation tax on non revenue tickets or a surcharge on non revenue ticket that is not charged on revenue?

[Scrooge]

That's what I am wondering, as far as I know VS adds a fuel surcharge to everything, where as CO has the fuel charge in the ticket price, meaning if you get a reward ticket on CO you don't pay the fuel surcharge.