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Jan 20, 2018, 2:14 am

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Originally Posted by TWAnonrev

Success! You are my hero.

Upgraded for 25,000 miles per person, each way = 100,000 total. Did get hit for an additional "luxury tax" of $211 per person out of LHR. I wasn't going to argue. So all told, my original PE (G) tickets were $950 each, plus the new $210 tax & 50k miles each. Still quite a bit cheaper than the currently advertised price of $2,964 RT for Upper Class! That's a SkyMiles redemption rate of $.036 per mile. Not bad at all.

Thanks for the explanation/encouragement.

As you were already in PE on the ex-UK leg then there would be NO additional Air Passenger Duty (please give it it's proper name) to pay as you would have already paid the proper rate for a premium cabin. What you paid were the VS charges and supplements which aren't taxes.

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