Originally Posted by relaxonbarton

Yes I had the same issue booking HKG-LHR. Flights out of HKG should have very low carrier charges , and BA certainly has nice low charges on this flight, but IB+ charged about 4 times what BA would have. If it wasn't for the fact that flying the route out of LHR is even more extortionate, and that I wanted to use the Avios in one hit, I wouldn't have gone ahead with the booking. All those bloggers that have talked up the low fees through IB+ in the past, seem to have overlooked the discrepancy in BA and IB+ pricing from low cost exit ports.