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Old Feb 9, 2017 | 10:25 am
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Originally Posted by mherdeg
Per notes from seawolf in that thread, airlines have begun passing this fee on to passengers who are traveling on an award ticket -- notably CX as of 2015 and now, apparently, TG as of 2016. The tax is so poorly documented that if it did rise to 50 HKD some time between April 2014 and now we would have no way of knowing.
I've flown a bunch of CX award tix since then (booked through BA) and never been hit for a cash payment. So I assume it's included in the fees that are assessed when you book the award.

Knowing TG, I'm close to 100% sure this is their error.

Originally Posted by Rotus12
Spend the $8 USD and ~15 seconds and carry on with your trip.
Agreed.
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