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Old Dec 17, 2019 | 3:50 am
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g289t
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Originally Posted by DeeGee26.2
Strikes me as being a Star Alliance thing. I've seen lots of similar £1 or $1 fares on Air Canada.

What it stopped me doing was buying the absolutely cheapest airfare from LHR-JFK using Nectar Points via Expedia, as I could only use the Nectar Points to pay for the base fare, and Expedia only considered the £1 to be the base fare.
I think someting similar can happen on deals like "50% off Black Friday fares". You end up getting a discount of $50 on a $1,000 ticket, because the discount doesn't apply to surcharges and taxes.
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