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Old Oct 26, 2010, 1:21 pm
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nabeelj
 
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AA metal - higher "taxes" when booking through BAEC than AAdvantage

Just did a quick test trying to redeem for AA ORD-LHR on 15/Dec. AAdvantage is 20K + US$2.50. BAEC is 25K + C$116.49. So, BAEC is charging ~C$110 extra, but I have no idea where that amount comes from. Even a revenue ticket for that same flight has only US$23.10 in taxes (per ITA).

Another test, this time AA JFK-NRT on 11/Jan. AAdvantage is 25K + US$2.50. BAEC is 25K + C$2.57. So, that works as expected.

Any idea what the extra "taxes" are in the first example?

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