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Old Jun 18, 2015 | 11:51 pm
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spongenotbob
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Originally Posted by Fanjet
I believe if you are flying coach, the BA fuel surcharges are around $400. J and F is around $800. As for the $800 ticket purchase, if I didn't use mileage for my trip, the lowest ticket prices around the time of my travel was $1100. So if BA was the only award travel option available, using 40K miles and paying $400 would have been my "logical" choice. Once again, to each his/her own.
Ok, just for fun, real-world example, 1 ticket:

SFO-LED, 4/2/16-4/9/16, Y class, aa.com: "Your Trip Price: 40,000 miles + $712.70 USD"

SFO-LED, 4/2/16-4/9/16, Y class, orbitz.com: $919.67 on Lufthansa (and a better connection too)

So, which is the "logical" choice?

I realize this is nearly a year away but, family trips often get booked this way.
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