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[*] posted on 9-22-2010 at 07:44 AM
Mexico Tourism Tax


Wow this is a $62.00 return from an airline ticket price, is it hard to get the money returned?

MEXICO TOURISM TAX

If you fall into one of the following categories, and if your itinerary involves travel between the U.S. and Mexico, you may be entitled to a refund of the Mexico Tourism Tax (approximately $22, fluctuates with the exchange rate) and/or the Mexico Airport Use Tax of approximately $40 (fluctuates with the exchange rate) included in the price of your ticket:


Mexican passport holders
legal residents of Mexico, regardless of nationality (holding form FM2 or FM3)
infants under the age of two
passengers who will remain in Mexico for fewer than 24 hours
diplomats

If you believe you are entitled to a refund of one or both taxes, please present your documentation to a Customer Service Agent when you check in at the airport. The Customer Service Agent will initiate a refund request for you. Or, you may mail or fax copies of the documents, along with your ticket number or confirmation number to:

Alaska Airlines
Attn: Refunds
P.O. Box 68900
Seattle, WA 98168

Fax number 206-392-7587




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[*] posted on 9-22-2010 at 11:38 AM


i think last year
susan just told the ticket agent
at the airport and
they credited the ticket

we did buy the ticket on the internet the day before
and paid all the fees first
there is no way to by-pass that

she checked out with the IMN in loreto
and drove back
she checked in at santa rosalia
and they back dated the return 2 days
no problems




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[*] posted on 9-22-2010 at 01:31 PM


My husband is a retired (2008) airline employee so for the last 27 years we have flown in and out of several countries. Since we do not buy airline tickets we have always had to pay our taxes when departing from the county we were visiting. There is always two taxes...a departure tax and the airport tax. These taxes are normally included in the ticket when purchased by a passenger.

We have had FM-3's since 2006. The very first time we departed from SJD with our FM-3's we asked the airline ticket agent, who knows us by face, what taxes will we would owe each time we departed Mexico. She told us "as FM holders you will pay the same tax any Mexican citizen is required to pay which is only the airport tax...no departure tax just the airport tax." I explained to her one of our American friends that has her Mexican citizenship told us "you do not have to pay any taxes because of your FM-3". The ticket agent smiled and said "I am a Mexican citizen and I work for the airline, like you I do not buy tickets. but trust me when I get on an airplane I have to pay the airport tax....your friend is incorrect." Again this is when departing from Mexico. I would assume the airport tax would apply when flying inside the country but I really don't know.

What we have learned is the airport tax is different in each airport. Example Cozumel is about $10 USD cheaper. Coming out of SJD this past August the airport tax was about $34 USD per person. If we didn't have our FM-3 we would have had to pay about $40 USD more per person for the departure tax.
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[*] posted on 9-22-2010 at 01:45 PM


Lauriboats,

Is your post a copy of a document from Alaska Airlines? Or where else did the info come from? I have never had a problem getting back the tourist tax by showing my FM3 at the airport, but I never heard of a refund for the airport tax...I thought everyone paid this. This is great if we can get these refunds as well.
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[*] posted on 9-22-2010 at 03:35 PM


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Originally posted by elizabeth
Lauriboats,

Is your post a copy of a document from Alaska Airlines?


http://www.alaskaair.com/as/www2/help/faqs/Mexico-tourism-ta...




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[*] posted on 9-22-2010 at 04:17 PM


This topic always reminds me of way back when. There was no tourism tax, so to speak. We were leaving Acapulco in the early 80's. they had a departure tax that was only payable in cash. Actually had a gate where you had to pay before getting into the departure area. Several young gringos were bumming money because they had blown their wad while on vacation and couldn't afford to pay to get through.
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