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[Titatom]

While I have never heard of it , I think that refund is for people that actually were not tourists like Mexican Citizens and residents as well as transit passengers. Still not particularly clear (talks about UK on one heading ), but if you scroll down in link below you can see some examples.

[https://www.aa.com/i18n/travel-info/international-travel/tax-exemptions.jsp]

Thank you for the link.

 

[JFS]

While I have never heard of it , I think that refund is for people that actually were not tourists like Mexican Citizens and residents as well as transit passengers. Still not particularly clear (talks about UK on one heading ), but if you scroll down in link below you can see some examples.

[https://www.aa.com/i18n/travel-info/international-travel/tax-exemptions.jsp]

Yes certain taxes are refundable if you are Mexican or resident.

 

[gopbroek]

As far as airline travel is concerned on the inbound Mexican residents and visa holders can get the $36.51 tourist tax (2024 value, as of today it went up to $42.41) refunded from the airline (tax collected through the ticket) as far as for the outbound fees, your are SOL. Up till a few years back you could get the Mexico portion of the outbound fees refunded but then Mexico reclassified the tax from a tourist tax to an international traveler facilities fee, every one has to pay.
Anyone else notice what a beutiful spacious modern airport Cozumel has after dinging the passengers about an extra $50M a year?

 

[ggunn]

As far as airline travel is concerned on the inbound Mexican residents and visa holds can get the $36.51 tourist tax (2024 value, as of today it went up to $42.41) refunded from the airline (tax collected through the ticket) as far as for the outbound fees, your are SOL. Up till a few years back you could get the Mexico portion of the outbound fees refunded but then Mexico reclassified the tax from a tourist tax to an international traveler facilities fee, every one has to pay.
Anyone else notice what a beautiful spacious modern airport Cozumel has after dinging the passengers about $50M a year?

Well, it is a little nicer than it was 20 or 30 years ago.

 

[gopbroek]

Well, it is a little nicer than it was 20 or 30 years ago.

With probably a billion in fees over that time it not much nicer just older