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Old Oct 1, 2010, 10:13 am
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TULOKCICT
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
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Originally Posted by GUWonder
Here are the current ones (at least when redeeming with BA miles on BA flights): http://www.britishairways.com/travel...e/public/en_us
The BA fuel charge chart reads
Surcharge per BA sector
It is $25 for a sector within "Europe and UK Domestic".

Even if you fly AA TATL, but tack on a BA-served short-hop, that's going to add $50 for a non-AA destination RT Award ticket in Europe. Does anyone know if this fee will also trigger additional taxes?

Also, does anyone know if a sector is the same as a flight segment or includes all connecting flights? (i.e., if you fly into BRU, then hop through LHR to OSL, would you pay $50 each way ($25 BRU-LHR + $25 LHR-OSL) OR would you pay $25 total for BRU-LHR-OSL?).

I'm assuming these "fuel charges" will also apply to BA flights on OneWorld Awards. If so, this will drastically increase the net cost of a OW Award containing multiple BA flights.

Very dissappointing changes from AA that the TATL BA miles earning doesn't begin to compensate for.
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