Originally Posted by
orbitmic
That said, on the OP, I'm a bit puzzled by the "couple of dollars" reference. When I have UUA'ed somehow, the charge is typically about £100 (mostly because J fares tend to attract higher fuel surcharges on BA). Could it be that there was just a misunderstanding and that you had to pay for a couple of dollars in tax recalculation and $55 in additional fuel surcharge or something like that?
I have done it from W to J and J to F many times and it's usually only a couple USD. On my TATL leg over it was $1.07 according to my credit card statement.
Perhaps I should call again and explain I tried to UuA online and it said I had to call to get the fee waived.