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Old Sep 14, 2011 | 6:56 am
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Originally Posted by maltasr
With those kinds of exorbitant surcharges, I'm surprised BA is able to stay in business. Do the other European carriers do the same thing? I can see how the surcharges could exceed the actual base cost of the ticket. Why do the British tolerate this practice?
The US is (good for you) the exception, not the Europeans. The reality is that most non US FFPs add those surcharges. On many tickets you can have negative miles value. In other words, the fees of the award tickets are higher than buying the ticket outright.
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