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Old Oct 27, 2013, 11:45 pm
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moondog
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Originally Posted by dorsey
I haven't booked with Avios for a while, and am a bit confused on fuel surcharges...

I'm trying to book an economy reward ticket from Doha to Kilimanjaro on Qatar Airways using Avios through the BA website. No problems there...However, I'm getting a $241 USD fuel surcharge for BA--one way.

Why is BA charging me a fuel surcharge on a flight they are not servicing?
They are collecting money from you in order to pay the operating carrier's YQ. This is their SOP.
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