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Sep 11, 2013 | 11:06 am

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Originally Posted by 84fiero

Tisk-tisk. As some BAEC forum folks have repeatedly assured us, this is not only a good aspect of European FFPs, but one is expected to rejoice in being granted the privilege of paying YQ on award tickets!

Sadly I suspect it's only a matter of time until YQ charges come to all AA partner redemptions as well as other domestice programs. Unless perhaps DL leads the charge in switching to a fully revenue-based earn/burn program.

A fully revenue-based earn/burn program (that is pretty darn close to a cash-back program but limited to expenditures in the airline-restricted marketplace) would include paying for YQ/YR ... if it works out like Citi's TYPs.