Originally Posted by
dsquared37
MH is currently slapping large fees on flights, and BA passing them on, that often put the intra-SE Asia awards higher than purchasing the flights outright.
I do not believe SGN-PNH v.v. can be purchased without the SGN-DOH segment. Perhaps QR now has that allowance, but they didn't last year IIRC.
So MH would be out but are there other options or will all BA awards have fees? Pretty much any substantial fee will negate the value of using points.