I had thought to book an award seat for my sister in Y, JFK-NRT-KUL so she could attend my wedding in November. Anyway, I pick the dates online, fill out the info and get to the page where they list how much the taxes and fees are.

67,000 Yen or roughly $650.

I remember paying about $200 for a C award a couple of years ago and $300 for an F award for my Mom on BA last year so I thought this was a mistake. Called JMB, no mistake, agent was apologetic but said it was due to fuel surcharges.

So basically, a Y award costs more than half of their cheapest N fare PLUS 70,000 miles. Thank you, no. I guess I'll be using my miles to upgrade to C whenever I can.

As for my sister, I told her I'd split the cost of any ticket she bought, it'll cost me about the same.