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Post  Doogs Wed Aug 29, 2012 3:58 pm

Wasn't sure where to put this but as long as it's read it doesn't really matter.

Got the following in an email from BA today that is worth signing up to / sharing with friends :-

"As a frequent flyer, you will know as well as anyone that taxes on air travel are higher in the UK than anywhere else in the world - so I wanted to tell you about a campaign aimed at changing that.

In the last six years, Air Passenger Duty (APD) has risen more than 300 per cent on many routes - while inflation has increased barely 20 per cent.

Some customers are now paying £184 for a single journey, while the cost for families taking their annual holiday has sky-rocketed: In 2006, a family of four flying to the Caribbean would pay £80 in APD - today they would pay £324 in World Traveller, or £648 in World Traveller Plus, Club World, or First.

This level of increase has no justification and no international parallel. Yet the UK Government has firm plans to keep on raising APD every year to 2017.

This tax also acts as a brake on growth and jobs for the whole economy by making it more difficult for businesses to reach new markets, and making the UK less attractive to overseas visitors.

How can you help? Just take a few seconds to visit http://www.afairtaxonflying.org/ and key in your postcode. This will generate an automatic letter to your MP, calling for action on a tax that is now far too high and inflicting real damage on the UK's efforts to move out of recession. Add your name, send and you're done.

This is an important campaign - and I hope you will support us in it".

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Post  Laikipia Wed Aug 29, 2012 7:37 pm

Thanks Doogs. Pete and I also got the e-mail and have both signed.

Lai cheers
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Post  littlewid Wed Aug 29, 2012 7:55 pm

I haven't flown anywhere for years Doogs but I have entered my postcode and sent it.

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Post  Doogs Thu Aug 30, 2012 12:55 pm

It's about time you got on a plane LW and went somewhere nice . . . . sunny Very Happy
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Post  littlewid Thu Aug 30, 2012 5:30 pm

Air Passenger Duty 40683 one day I will Doogs.......you never know you may see me pop up in the Mara sometime Very Happy

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Post  Doogs Fri Aug 31, 2012 12:57 pm

I definitely think you should Wink Very Happy
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