Originally Posted by
maltasr
Certainly, but I'm referring to the surcharge on regularly issued revenue tickets. I've priced several international routings on BA using traditional procedure and still the surcharge is sometimes greater than the actual base price of the ticket.
The only comparison worth making on revenue tickets is how much it will actually cost you. The component pieces of the pricing are largely irrelevant, no? If you are price sensitive and AA or UA are cheaper on a TATL than VS or BA then by all means book AA/UA, however I think you'll find that generally the all-in prices are pretty similar. In other words, AA is charging you the YQ but just including it in the base price. The only time this ever becomes an issue is when redeeming award tickets and then BA - like most European airlines - separates YQ from the base (i.e. award) ticket.