Originally Posted by
grlmopz
With all due respect, if you'd read the terms and conditions of the BAEC website before signing up for your free 100K miles, you'd have already been prepared for this.
While it may disclose that there are taxes and surcharges to be paid, other airline also disclose the same on their credit cards. How many airlines in the US, charge such exhorbitant fees? BA is marketing a card in the US and needed to be more specific about the extent of the fees. When in Rome...
Secondly how many commonly purchased products do you know of in which taxes and fees are 50-60% of the price of the product? I don't know of many, so when I hear that I can get something for free if I pay taxes and fees, it means I won't be a lot or that i would be paying a small % of the price of the product. Expecting ppl to do research when they see such disclosures is unreasonable IMHO.