Originally Posted by
Paulchili
Have you checked IB ORD-MAD-TXL (on BA.com)?
yeah, and sadly nothing was available.
Oh well, I'll just keep checking regularly and hope something opens up.
In the meanwhile, I was playing around with AA's award booking engine, and I ran into something I don't quite understand.
1) When I search for MXP-LHR-JFK, where MXP-LHR is on BA and LHR-JFK is on AA, there's a "carrier surcharge" of $40.
2) However, when I search just for the MXP-LHR segment on BA, there is no carrier surcharge.
3) Similarly, when I search just for the LHR-JFK segment on AA, there is no carrier surcharge.
Can someone help me understand how this carrier surcharge gets added when I combine the two flights (MXP-LHR, LHR-JFK) as a single journey with a connection when the individual flights have no carrier surcharge?