The good news for me is I got my BA VISA with 100,000 promo miles.

The bad and ugly is, when I tried to book a RT flight from Boston to Europe (I tried London, Paris and Dublin), the supplemental charges to the 50,000 mile RT fare amounted to approximately $550 for each destination, including over $400 in "fuel surcharges"!!!

This is ridiculous, considering that I can book a full cash economy ticket on the same routes for about $900 on other airlines! IMHO it is hardly worth spending 50,000 miles and dealing with booking restrictions, etc to save a mere $350.

When I have booked frequent flyer flights with my AA Aadvantage account on the AA site, this has never been an issue- supplemental charges on my recent RT Hartford-Caracas on AA cost me 30,000 miles and about $100. in supplemental fees (which I consider reasonable).

Unless I am reading things wrong, the BA Executive Club program is not what it is cut out to be.

Comments?

I posted this as well on the "British Airways Executive Club" forum, not knowing which forum is the more appropriate.