Originally Posted by
seawolf
IME with AA awards, if there is no YQ, a one way nonstop award out of US should be charged only $5.60 as the international departure tax does/should not apply. I'm assuming a US-based airline would know the applicability of US aviation taxes better than a foreign carrier.
I agree. No U.S. airline charges anything other than $5.60 for U.S.-originating awards (unless there is YQ or the destination country charges an arrival tax). The fact that foreign airlines (JAL, Iberia, and FlyingBlue just from this thread) are collecting unnecessary U.S. taxes is troubling to me, but not sure how to get them to stop.