Originally Posted by
dvs7310
Expertflyer.com will answer that for you. UK APD is another issue, since every stopover or point of origin in the UK attracts it and the price is going up soon. But before taxes and YQ, approximately US$3000 more to start in the UK. You can get to OSL for probably $50-100 and hotel about the same. Currently the cheapest in the world are ex-Norway, Japan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and India in that order. (Actually Pakistan and Japan may flip flop depending on the JPY exchange rate)
Reckon not many people here know the NOK conversion to major currencies. Might get more advice (meaning less people ignore it) if you put it in USD, EUR, or GBP. QR doesn't have really bad YQ charges, get rid of BA and you'll likely be happier. I've had very heavy QR itineraries from Points of Origin that are YQ heavy (like CAI) and QR doesn't add much.
One notable quirk is that QR seems to charge more for the first segment than additional segments so it's adding just one QR segment that can lead to a noticeable hit.
Also i *think* (would love more data on this) AY is much cheaper going east than going west.