Can you get the breakdown of surcharges? It's unbelievable how big a difference the flight code can make. As part of xONEx I had LHR-HEL, it was BA code on AY metal. I asked it to be changed to AY code so I could get more points in my AY FFP. The additional(!) surcharge would have been GBP154 to change the code. Just to be clear, this would have been the additional surcharge for the segment, not including change fee nor admin fee.
If you can see the detailed taxes and surcharges breakdown, you may be able ask if any of the high ones can be reduced by changing flight code / meta
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Carrier imposed fees (not broken down) are $455. The rest are fees like "Hong Kong Airport construction" and U.S. transportation tax ($75.00!!!!). Im happy to copy and paste here, but be warned: it's lengthy.
The base fare for an ex-Norway DONE4 is NOK57,959 (~USD6,770).
On a 15 flight itinerary, one would expect to be paying about USD1,000 for the +++ (the various taxes, fees and (sur)charges).
Using
The Matrix, the +++ for a couple of your flights are:
USD238 for OSL-xHEL-LAX on AY
USD265 for NBO-LHR on BA
(which implies the +++ for the other 12 flights on your itinerary are "only" ~USD500 - a bargain
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Such a bargain! Thank you for checking- I just wanted to make sure I wasn't doing anything wrong. The NBO-LHR is AA codeshare. Do you think I could drop it down more if I did NBO-DOH? Total carrier imposed fees are $455 right now.