Originally Posted by Dave Noble
BA charge fuel surcharges on top of quoted fares, AA includes them within the fare. In a OWE ticket, the fare is set the same regardless so with BA and QF you will be slugged for fuel surcharges all over whilst with AA they are not added.
Dave
Damn, didn't know that, I think finding FT the day after I paid my ticket was very stupid, I could have lived in ignorance, not knowing about MR and which FFP was the best (I did change FFP to AA though for a PLAT challenge) and how much money I would have saved...
I booked ARN-MAD-SCL-GRU//GIG-SCL-IPC-SCL-AKL//CHC-SYD-CNS-NRT//KIX-HKG-SIN-BKK-HEL-ARN with STA Travel in Sweden, who uses BA as ticketing agent. For this I paid the basic fare for LONE4: 1600GBP/2750USD. On top of that, I paid taxes/surcharges of 500GBP/900USD. Also no e-ticket on SCL-AKL so I got all of the tickets in paper, TA said they cannot put some on the card and the rest in paper
Now, did I pay too much? I don't know, but I am sure I did pay what BA wanted me to pay.