Originally Posted by
wiivile
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.
I only redeem for premium F/J awards and usually there is YQ (SQ/LH/KL) so the taxes are being rightfully collected.