Originally Posted by
seawolf
Where the ticket is issued (whether it be ticketed in Japan/US/some other country) affects whether certain taxes are collected. Also if there is a fuel surcharge (making the award ticket not exactly $0 fare), a number of US taxes are triggered as well.
There is no fuel surcharge at issue here.
JAL explicitly says it collects facility charges, etc. http://www.ar.jal.com/ar/en/jalmile/use/partner_air/p_jmb/jmb_mile_ar.html
Last edited by Adam1222; Sep 27, 2016 at 6:40 am