Originally Posted by
NYC1K
I was thinking the same thing until I realized that it's an additional source of revenue for BA and they elected to give AA a pass. Think of it like the checked bag fee, upgrade fee.
What BA seem to have done is lower the price of revenue tickets so that the combination of ticket + surcharge is the same as the equivalent AA (and others) revenue ticket prices.
BA however wins because it loads this surcharge onto redemptions, and things like 2-4-1 promo tickets so a "free" ticket still earns them some revenue.