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I shockingly was able to book 2 Exec class reward seats last week for travel over Christmas to Rome from Vancouver at regular "classic" point levels. I had two choices. If I flew on an itinerary with AC flights, the combined taxes and surcharges (including fuel surcharge) amounted to close to $700 per "free" ticket. Instead, I chose to fly Lufthansa via Frankfurt. Total taxes and surcharges per ticket: $76.20.
I think Aeroplan is now beginning to charge for fuel surcharges on most *A partners with a few exceptions.
I just did NRT-x/ICN-HKG // SIN-x/HKG-NRT on a combination of OZ/TG/SQ/NH airlines, and Aeroplan dinged me fuel
surcharges for all carriers except SQ. Total charge came to over CAD$ 290 plus $30 service fee. YQ for OZ=$60, TG=$72, SQ=0
, but NH was highest at $140
The rest was airport taxes I think.
I'm happy cos its still a good deal for 30K miles despite the taxes and that there was simply nothing available from NRT-HKG-SIN-NRT so had to choose this convoluted routing. And found out that I couldn't stop in HKG and SIN. So opted for an open jaw instead.
Some other airline FFPs charge for everything, and yes Aeroplan once upon a time ago would have only collected the local taxes, but we have to accept that times are a changing. I still wouldn't book AC flights long haul though. It would still be higher than the above!