Originally Posted by
bsb21
Go on BA.com and price an economy ticket, just as you would purchase one (not the award booking portal).
On the booking page you will see the taxes listed to the exact cent.
This is the only issue I have with this card... $
390 taxes, fees, and fuel charges for DFW -> LHR -> DFW. I have bought a r/t ticket on AA for $
345 after taxes before (2004/2005 - no miles!). Tickets are frequently offered around $500-600 (earning you 10k miles while you're at it too). If I use my AA miles for this flight, it's 40 or 60k miles and $45-50 in taxes as opposed to 50k and $390 in taxes with BA. Huge difference there...
So 1 BA credit card with $2k in purchases and roughly $800 in costs for 2 r/t tickets DFW-LHR with BA.
Or... 3 AA credit cards with $2250 in purchases and roughly $100 in costs for 2 r/t tickets DFW-LHR off peak (peak time would be 4 cards and $3k in purchases to get the required 120k miles).
Save $700 by applying for 2-3 additional cards.... What am I missing about this deal that makes it so sweet... ?