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Old Jun 6, 2014, 6:15 am
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Originally Posted by desi
Consider a hypothetical situation of family of 4 going to London and Paris (5 days each) from JFK using FF miles/points on AA (no BA/IB so no YQ)

since award points/miles are same whether one flies which segment, and assuming that Eurostar fare are similar in either direction when booked well in advance, does this mean that for economy class travel, JFK-LHR-(Eurostar)-CGD-JFK be cheaper than JFK-CGD-(Eurostar)-LHR-JFK?

by how much? wouldn't CGD departure have some tax?


Matrix seem to indicate that ex-Paris, French portion of taxes would be something around 75 USD whereas ex-Lon, UK portion of taxes would be slightly over 200 USD. So for family of four flying on award ticket, this can make a difference of 500 USD.

does this make sense or did I make a mistake looking up Matrix?
In doing a dummy booking on aa.com...

JFK-LHR-JFK - mileage plus $209.90 in fees
JFK-LHR / CDG-JFK - mileage plus $92.80
JFK-CDG / LHR-JFK - mileage plus $209.90
JFK-CDG-JFK - mileage plus $92.80

The UK charges higher fees...just the reality. That said, depending on timing, the train ticket to Paris could trump the addtional cost in fees to depart from LHR.
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