Originally Posted by
seattletravelmember
There was a comment above about British Air. Point taken: I should consider them. But this is starting to turn into sticker shock all the way around, there's a point at which the finances simply don't work for our family budget. The estimates the rep gave me this morning of how much each person's ticket would cost, times a round trip, would add up to $4K ($500 x 4 x round trip). I did not want to waste her time, so don't know if it would even be possible to get tickets for destinations of interest with that type of fuel charge.
If you're referring to the BA fuel surcharges, the rates AS is quoting should be round trip, not each way. I used AS miles to fly RT to Europe in J on BA last year and paid around $375 each in surcharges.