Originally Posted by
GM1985
$800USD sounds very much like the type of taxes and surcharges you'd expect on a longhaul flight. Have you been quoted that for AA flights within North America using Avios?
To use
KARFA 's example, the cash fare in J on an ORD-YYZ return is $469:
Using AA Miles for the same trip and class, it's pricing at 44.5K Miles and £50.30:
And using Avios, it's pricing at 48K Avios and £47.70:
'I hope you know that BA avios booked BA flights have hufe fuel surcharge that everyonw in US complains about. Right? We here in US on on flights within US or international on their own and other partners don't have such huge rip off fuel surcharge. for example qatar flight booked on AA using aadvantage mile is only $7 tax not $400 or $2000 BA charges( don't get triggered $2k is a joke) I guess our british freinds love paying hundreds in fuel surcharge on BA flights. lol