Originally Posted by
malc4d
l was just a bit shocked that the ' taxes and fees ' cost over 3 times the base ticket cost
It's "taxes, fees and charges". The big item in that is the fuel surcharge - on BA to MCO, that alone is now £218 per person return in economy.
I believe that the reason it's there rather than in the base fare is because corporate discount deals are off the base fare only. So if you're travelling on (for example) a 60% corporate discount, you'll pay 100% of the fuel surcharge even though you only pay 40% of the base fare.
That's life these days.
(BTW, Rainboe: That fuel surcharge is imposed by the airline, not by Robber Brown.)