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Old Jun 24, 2009, 12:48 pm
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Originally Posted by stargold
The taxes and charges would have been the same no matter which FFP you use, except for AC and UA that do not charge fuel surcharges (in which case it would be much cheaper).

So, whether you used miles from SQ, LH, NH, OZ, etc etc, any other Star airline FFP than UA and AC would charge you the same extortionately high amount due to the fuel surcharge.
And oh what a difference that fuel surcharge makes. I used UA miles for the following *A itinerary in Business:

MCI-DEN-LAX (UA)
LAX-NRT-SIN-MNL(SQ)

CRK-ICN-LAX(OZ)
LAX-DEN-MCI (UA)

Total Taxes and Fees: $27.50
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