Originally Posted by
Often1
The only way to avoid carrier fees is to fly a US carrier on the LON-NYC hop. Taxes are, of course, the same for the route. Whether this is good value depends on your appetite for paying cash.
All flights for United for LHR-EWR end up like this:
Due to rapidly changing partner availability the following flights are no longer available. Please choose another flight or modify your search criteria.
TAP Portugal flight TP371 - 07/14/2019 - 8:10 a.m. - London, GB (LHR - Heathrow) to Lisbon, PT (LIS)
TAP Portugal flight TP201 - 07/14/2019 - 1:20 p.m. - Lisbon, PT (LIS) to New York/Newark, NJ, US (EWR - Liberty)
So I guess these are phantom results. Not only that, because they are still not a US carrier, the fuel charge/tax is $174 per person, so not exactly a bargain, either.
Nothing on AA I can see, and Delta is the same, only VA flights with 255 pound surcharges. Who else is there besides United, AA, and Delta that I can hit up? I just checked Alaska, and it's similar, partnering with Icelandair and costing $255 per person in surcharges.
