Are you sure it's not £45 ($71.70 today)? Yeah, it went up.
This thread states "From November 2009
2001-4000 miles , the rates will be GBP45 and GBP90 so an increase of GBP5/GBP10 (from prior tax)
4001-6000 miles, the rates will be GBP50 and GBP100 so an increase of GBP10/GBP20" (from prior tax)"
And it increases once again toward the end of 2010.
I think the issue with the OP is the flight's origin in India. We've upgraded with SWUs to / from DEL, but our tickets were purchased in the USA.
Originally Posted by
vandesa
It happens on the return from the UK, but not quite that high a dollar amount. It is a luxury tax. About $50-60 USD last I checked.
Apparently I would guess it is very high luxury tax from India.
AA has no control over it.