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Did you know some countries require your passport to be valid for at least six months beyond your travel dates?
Worried your current passport won't make the cut? The U.S. has rolled out online passport renewal. Meet the criteria, and the process as fast as mail renewals. Best of all: It's easy.
Did you know Virgin Atlantic has a free "Reward Seat Checker" tool on their website? This tool allows you to search by month for availability. It's a perfect pairing with their new cheaper biz class awards (as low as 29,000 miles each way!)
Big news: Shake Shack burgers are heading to Delta's First Class.
This is our petition to have all airline food sourced from actual restaurants (and for Delta to bring the Shake Shack milkshakes on board, too).
What do you think?
So when planning your next trip to Europe, visit the countries with the highest taxes first or in the middle of your trip. Finish your vacation in one of the cheaper countries.
The European countries charging the highest taxes include the U.K., Germany, France, the Netherlands and Italy. Conversely, flying out of countries like Ireland, Spain, Greece, Turkey and Portugal is cheaper.
It's also worth noting that two of the U.K.'s largest airlines (British Airways and Virgin Atlantic) impose notoriously high carrier-imposed surcharges on flights and the APD. As a result, award flights on these carriers (even if only connecting thru London) will still have high out-of-pocket costs.
This is because of the U.K.'s Air Passenger Duty, or APD, which varies based on two factors:
-The length of your flight
-The class of service
Flying out of the U.K. is significantly more expensive than departing from the other countries on the list — its taxes and fees are more than double those of any other country. The U.K. has the highest departure taxes of any country in the world.
-Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN): $40
-Rome Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci Airport (FCO): $61
-Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS): $85
-Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG): $143
-London's Heathrow Airport (LHR): $325
Here are the taxes and fees you'd need to pay on a United Airlines business-class award ticket departing from the following airports to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR):
TPG Tips: If you're planning a multi-stop trip in Europe, don't end your trip in the U.K. It'll cost you.
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