SPECULATION: AA to Assess Fuel Surcharges on Partner Awards
Aug 13, 2012, 11:35 am
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SPECULATION: AA to Assess Fuel Surcharges on Partner Awards
Surprised this hasn't found its way here yet, but gleff reported on his blog this morning that JonNYC at Traveling Better had posted that AA was set to imminently impose fuel surcharges on awards on QF and/or CX. This post has since been removed, with JonNYC stating he wants to do more research.
Feel free to start panicking (or to remain rational and calm until we get confirmation/denial).
Feel free to start panicking (or to remain rational and calm until we get confirmation/denial).
Aug 13, 2012, 11:38 am
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Surprised this hasn't found its way here yet, but gleff reported on his blog this morning that JonNYC at Traveling Better had posted that AA was set to imminently impose fuel surcharges on awards on QF and/or CX. This post has since been removed, with JonNYC stating he wants to do more research.
Feel free to start panicking (or to remain rational and calm until we get confirmation/denial).
Feel free to start panicking (or to remain rational and calm until we get confirmation/denial).
Aug 13, 2012, 11:41 am
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Aug 13, 2012, 11:43 am
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I wonder if the AAgents will continue to call these fuel surcharges a "tax" like they tend to do with BA awards.
Aug 13, 2012, 11:44 am
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Well, my cousin-in-law's co-worker heard from a XNA baggage handler that nothing of the sort would happen. So take that.
Aug 13, 2012, 11:55 am
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Surprised this hasn't found its way here yet, but gleff reported on his blog this morning that JonNYC at Traveling Better had posted that AA was set to imminently impose fuel surcharges on awards on QF and/or CX. This post has since been removed, with JonNYC stating he wants to do more research.
Feel free to start panicking (or to remain rational and calm until we get confirmation/denial).
Feel free to start panicking (or to remain rational and calm until we get confirmation/denial).
$50 one-way ??? No problem.
$300 one way??? PANIC!!!!
Aug 13, 2012, 12:01 pm
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Aug 13, 2012, 1:29 pm
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BA already does this for CX and I paid ~350 (total) one-way for two people LAX-HKG (First class) in June, FYI.
Aug 13, 2012, 1:56 pm
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I have a feeling this is true. AA must have a huge deficit of redemptions with CX as way more CX flights are redeemed with AA miles than AA flights with CX miles.
This also explains why they are extremely tight with zones. I.E. you can't fly US-India, or US-Australia via HKG on one award. And why you can fly to asia 2 via asia 1.
This also explains why they are extremely tight with zones. I.E. you can't fly US-India, or US-Australia via HKG on one award. And why you can fly to asia 2 via asia 1.
Aug 13, 2012, 2:04 pm
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"This also explains why they are extremely tight with zones. I.E. you can't fly US-India, or US-Australia via HKG on one award."
But you can fly to both Australia and India from the U.S. via HKG on an Explorer award, which will often be cost little more (and occasionally less) for a round-trip than using Partner, one-way awards.
"This also explains why they are extremely tight with zones. I.E. you can't fly US-India, or US-Australia via HKG on one award."
But you can fly to both Australia and India from the U.S. via HKG on an Explorer award, which will often be cost little more (and occasionally less) for a round-trip than using Partner, one-way awards.
Aug 13, 2012, 3:19 pm
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Unless confirmed by an AA phone agent, a mechanic in SFO, and the second cousin, once removed of a retired American Eagle pilot, all of this news remains pure speculation.
Aug 13, 2012, 3:20 pm
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Prices are already too high for award tickets. I picked 2 one ways to FCO from LAX.. one on oneworld, the other on Star. The star reward ticket was 30k mi and $31 the oneworld ticket was 20k mi (offpeak) and $ 118 per ticket
Aug 13, 2012, 3:24 pm
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Aug 13, 2012, 4:04 pm
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Granted, AA already does this stupidly for BA awards, but if they make such an across the board change it will seriously devalue the program compared to UA and US. Heck, it'll bring it down further to the DL Skycentavos® level *shudder*