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Old Dec 21, 2011 | 9:15 am
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Originally Posted by infradig
MSP is right. There are no mileage awards for infants. You have to get a paper ticket which is 10% of the cost of the cheapest fare available in your class of service for the award ticket. If you're doing an award in biz the infant ticket can be very pricey. I recently finished a multi-stop transatlantic in biz with an infant and while the adult seats priced in at 100K each plus about $300 in fees and taxes, the infant ticket was over $700!!!
You were still lucky. Recently I have seen some full J RT fares approaching $15,000.
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