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Jul 21, 2008 | 5:56 pm

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bdemaria

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Originally Posted by daph

The security and fuel charges on my BA CW LAX-LHR-LAX ticket this month is about $524! Don't get me wrong. I'm still a BA fan and am grateful for the ticket but last night a friend said that his award ticket -LAX-CDG-LAX American Airlines converted to Air France had a security/fuel charge of about $100. Is this possible? I know these charges are higher at LHR than other airports but.....

Yes it is possible that your friend's fee were that much lower. LAX-LHR in F roundtrip on the AA nonstop flight will require 125,000 miles and US $225.00 in taxes. CDG, FCO, etc.. would be less.

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