Originally Posted by
Mwenenzi
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Frequent flyer miles are not equal to earn or burn between ffp’s. 10,000 frequent flyer miles in 1 ffp may get you a longer award flight than 15,000 frequent flyer miles in another ffp. Each airline ffp has different rules for using (burning) those miles/points for awards and different copay/surcharge $$ fees. There are award cash surcharges with some ffp’s/routes/airlines. With awards taxes are the same for all airlines for the same route and class. Award surcharge can/are different.
Mwenenzi, Thank you for the reply. I completely understand what you are staying 100%. I guess for me it is just frustrating to have flown multiple OneWorld airlines in the past, and gotten full base miles on my AA account.
but per your quote, that's what troubles me. I compared similar flights on UA and AC, and I saw that the average cost of intl award travel was much higher on UA as compared to AC. Of course, I do not know what the surcharges are going to be on either ffp, as I have not earned an award yet on either AL.
I don't have an award credit card, as I don't want to pay $95/yr.
I'm just a backpacker who finds the cheapest flight to a far-away place, and only brings a carry on. and in being cheap, I would like to earn base miles for my flights, and I get frustrated when my Turkish flight to BCN (27,524 base miles) is ineligible. to me, that's a free domestic flight