Originally Posted by
Thunderroad
Correct me if I'm wrong, but BA's exorbitant taxes/fees become somewhat more palatable when using the miles to fly BA in J or F as opposed to Y. That is, while they may be even higher for J or F (or are they?), they still are relatively cheap compared to the $$ value of those tickets.
I'm not trying to justify BA's approach here at all. Just trying to clarify how to extract the highest value if you can't or won't want to use the BA miles on other OW carriers (such as if you're using the miles for the 2-for-1 BA mileage award deal).
If you have domestic trips on AA and if you can get some miles in Star Alliance, you could still use BA miles on AA and use Star on carriers such as LH, LX, SQ, etc. Find every possible way to hurt BA by using them on partners.
Using BA miles on BA or even worse using AA miles on BA will show AA that they can get away with charging YQ and they will start the scourge of YQ on
all flights. Is temporary pleasure in BA premium cabins that much worth it? Would you like a situation where pursuing FFP is worthless?