UK resident buying flights on US sites?
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From: Fly Guy on 25 Jan 2010 09:56 Stephen Chaplin wrote: > Is there any legal reason why a UK resident cant buy a flight on > a US based website? (i.e would i be avoiding any taxes?) It's illegal (or at least - it's a violation of the agreement that the merchant has with the credit-card company) to discriminate against a card-holder based on country of residence. > Just wondered as there seems to be a lot more choice and cheaper > options on expedia.com compared to the UK version of the site. Try booking the exact same flights directly with the same airline on their own web-site. I've never seen expedia or travelocity give a rate for a given flight that was lower than what could be booked directly with their airline on their own website.
From: Stephen Chaplin on 25 Jan 2010 10:12 > Try booking the exact same flights directly with the same airline on > their own web-site. I've never seen expedia or travelocity give a rate > for a given flight that was lower than what could be booked directly > with their airline on their own website. tried that with Delta but it must know from ip address that it's UK as it's using � for the price. same flight is �150 more than travelocity.com at the moment. Travelocity gives UK option for card payments so i'm going to assume it's ok unless prices come down in the next month or so. Not going till June so plenty of time to get one. As an aside, when is the best time to buy a flight if i'm going in June? Thanks for all comments
From: William Black on 25 Jan 2010 10:31 "Fly Guy" <Fly(a)Guy.com> wrote in message news:4B5DB133.874CEAF7(a)Guy.com... > Stephen Chaplin wrote: > >> Is there any legal reason why a UK resident cant buy a flight on >> a US based website? (i.e would i be avoiding any taxes?) > > It's illegal (or at least - it's a violation of the agreement that the > merchant has with the credit-card company) to discriminate against a > card-holder based on country of residence. > >> Just wondered as there seems to be a lot more choice and cheaper >> options on expedia.com compared to the UK version of the site. > > Try booking the exact same flights directly with the same airline on > their own web-site. I've never seen expedia or travelocity give a rate > for a given flight that was lower than what could be booked directly > with their airline on their own website. Flights in the UK attract VAT at 17.5% You are evading UK tax. -- William Black I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach Time for tea.
From: Graham Harrison on 25 Jan 2010 12:53 "William Black" <william.black(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message news:hjkdfm$a95$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > "Fly Guy" <Fly(a)Guy.com> wrote in message news:4B5DB133.874CEAF7(a)Guy.com... >> Stephen Chaplin wrote: >> >>> Is there any legal reason why a UK resident cant buy a flight on >>> a US based website? (i.e would i be avoiding any taxes?) >> >> It's illegal (or at least - it's a violation of the agreement that the >> merchant has with the credit-card company) to discriminate against a >> card-holder based on country of residence. >> >>> Just wondered as there seems to be a lot more choice and cheaper >>> options on expedia.com compared to the UK version of the site. >> >> Try booking the exact same flights directly with the same airline on >> their own web-site. I've never seen expedia or travelocity give a rate >> for a given flight that was lower than what could be booked directly >> with their airline on their own website. > > Flights in the UK attract VAT at 17.5% > > You are evading UK tax. > > -- > William Black > > I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Barbeques on fire by the > chalets past the castle headland I watched the gift shops glitter in the > darkness off the Newborough gate All these moments will be lost in time, > like icecream on the beach Time for tea. No they don't. Transportation is "zero rated" for VAT. In other words you pay VAT but because the rate is 0% you don't pay VAT!
From: Rod Speed on 25 Jan 2010 13:23
Fly Guy wrote: > Stephen Chaplin wrote: >> Is there any legal reason why a UK resident cant buy a flight >> on a US based website? (i.e would i be avoiding any taxes?) > It's illegal (or at least - it's a violation of the agreement that > the merchant has with the credit-card company) to discriminate > against a card-holder based on country of residence. That is just plain wrong, most obviously with countrys where the use of stolen credit card details is rife. Particularly when charging for services where there isnt even a physical address to send the goods to etc. >> Just wondered as there seems to be a lot more choice and cheaper >> options on expedia.com compared to the UK version of the site. > Try booking the exact same flights directly with the same airline on > their own web-site. I've never seen expedia or travelocity give a > rate for a given flight that was lower than what could be booked > directly with their airline on their own website. |