Originally Posted by
djca
BTW, on my first call, the agent quoted taxes/fuel surcharge of about ~550 HKD for an LGA-STL-LGA flight. I checked what AA would have charged for an AAdvantage award, and it would just have been $5 for the two segments. I asked the agent to verify this fee before I will confirm the reservation, and she said that they'll email me the information the next day. When the email came, it only quotes a fee of 40 HKD, which is roughly equivalent to $5.
Exactly my experience. The agent initially quoted higher taxes/fees, which I knew it's wrong, but the charge was only for Security Service Surcharge (Tax Code: AY, US$ 2.50 per seg) after all.