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Taxes on Qantas using AA Award
I know the taxes are crazy on a BA flight say to/from South Africa from Miami using AA award, but is it also crazy on a Qantas flight to/from Sydney from the U.S.?
What could I expect to be charged. I'm XPla on AA.
I really don't use my miles often enough, and squash some great ideas when I see what the partner airlines want in taxes and fees. My daughter is set on a South Pacific cruise out of Sydney
Last edited by trekker954; Jan 14, 13 at 11:03 am..
Reason: correct spelling of Qantas
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Actually, I think QF is much better than BA. I have an award ticket for QF SYD/LAX in F and fees were only about $100. I believe BA is several hundred dollars. A sample booking for the desired routing should disclose the fees before committing to pay.
I know the taxes are crazy on a BA flight say to/from South Africa from Miami using AA award, but is it also crazy on a Quantas flight to/from Sydney from the U.S.?
What could I expect to be charged. I'm XPla on AA.
I really don't use my miles often enough, and squash some great ideas when I see what the partner airlines want in taxes and fees. My daughter is set on a South Pacific cruise out of Sydney
The taxes when redeeming AA miles for BA flights between MIA and JNB/CPT are not crazy; the surcharges are.
AA does not assess surcharges for award travel on any partner except BA and IB. Surcharges on IB redemptions are modest; surcharges on BA redemptions are not.
The OP means Qantas the airline of Australia or QF.
I'm well aware. Just gives me a mild headache seeing that extra 'u'. Maybe we can change the thread title mods? Out of respect to our friends down under.
The taxes when redeeming AA miles for BA flights between MIA and JNB/CPT are not crazy; the surcharges are.
AA does not assess surcharges for award travel on any partner except BA and IB. Surcharges on IB redemptions are modest; surcharges on BA redemptions are not.
IB Surcharges are more modest than BA surcharges but they can really drive up total trip cost - be sure to ask agents to split your tickets if you only have IB on one leg of your journey as the YQ from IB (or BA) will add a whole lot of other taxes that are not present on award tickets with no YQ.
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Originally Posted by trekker954
Sorry I spelled Qantas wrong, I tried to correct but only could in the body of the original email. Come on, be nice.
Okay, so surcharge, not taxes. When I did a dummy booking it was coming up taxes and fees from something like $71. to $700. oy vey.
So no surcharges like that and $132 I can work with easily.
it is probably due to Fuel Surcharges... but a discount economy fare from USA to Australia would easily run you $1500-1700 minimum--- possibly higher...
you know, Mexico, which is literally next door to USA, has like $70-80 surcharges for air tickets due to airport fees/taxes, and many European countries are in the $100-150 range, and this is not including the hefty fuel surcharges.
And from UK and France there is a $100 luxury tax for those whole upgrade from economy fare using upgrades on flights originating there.
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An award or paid booking can put "u" into Qantas... Thread title has been changed.
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I'm well aware. Just gives me a mild headache seeing that extra 'u'. Maybe we can change the thread title mods? Out of respect to our friends down under.
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