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Old Jul 26, 2011 | 12:44 pm
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Originally Posted by onetess
Since I currently have no BA miles (have not yet transferred them from Amex), I can't do a dummy booking to see how bad the taxes are when booking a first class or business class BA flight from the US using an award. Can someone please advise me? Is booking a flight from London back to New York any cheaper when it comes to taxes? (I'm US based.) I've read the warnings about not using BA miles to book actual BA flights because of the high taxes...but I'm wondering how high we are talking about.

Thank you for any help!
One way JFK-LHR in F is showing me as Taxes/Fees/Charges of GBP 163.10 = approx USD 268.
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