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Jan 13, 2009 | 3:57 pm

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pb9997

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Originally Posted by vivatexas

Don't accumulate FF miles on AeroMexico. I transferred 80,000 miles from american express rewards to AeroMexico for 2 from Mexico City to Santiago. The miles transferred fine and space was available but I got socked with a $502 charge on each ticket. On questioning, it was explained that $76 was the taxes and the $400+ was a fuel surcharge. When I explained that petrol has fallen 66% in recent months the reply was that it fluctuates a lot. I'll pay the outrageous charge because I can move my mles back to AMEXP but I will not fly AeroMexico again and I may even get out of AMEXP rewards. FF miles are becoming useless.

Agreed; AeroMexico miles become useless, both domestic and on their international routes, once the fuel surcharge has been included.

Too bad you can't use LAN for that route as LAN does not have surcharges and have a great product.

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