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Old Jun 30, 2011 | 9:43 pm
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Originally Posted by Toronto1970
Canada/US to Mexico or the Caribbean for 25K in Y and 42.5K in J is a pretty good deal! (I haven't tried booking it, but according to their definition of "North America" that seems to be the rate). That compares to needing 40K/60K to book through Aeroplan (AC).

What I'm curious about is if you book an Air Canada flight using A3 miles, do they pass on the fuel surcharge as Aeroplan would.
no
YQ is dependent on the ticketing carrier.

That said, A3 can charge whatever YQ they want on the ticket, it just has nothing to do with AC's YQ
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