YVR-LHR-MAN
MAN-LHR-YYC-YVR

Only the LHR/MAN are on BD in Y class - rest on AC on SJ.

Total: 80,000 points and $402.75 in taxes (does NOT include call centre fee)

Shocking.

YYZ-FCO in Economy on AC

Canadian Security Charge (CA) $17
Carrier Administ. Service Charge (YQ) $224
Combined fees, charges, surcharges (XT) $52.85

The trip will take place mid-May/early June 2010.

Most of hat was because of the fuel on AC and then the premium class surcharge into LHR; but the bulk is the AC fuel.

Taxes went up overnight
 

I had ticketed a few NRT-SIN-ICN-NRT flights for 20k + $17 in taxes (had to be manually calculated in the last few days and today the taxes are automatically pricing at $76.

I was informed that they changed their electronic system overnight...

Is that for a specific airline? ANA? SQ?

SQ to SIN and OZ to ICN and NRT

for what is is worth YVR-YYZ-J-40K AP's...

Canadian Security Charge (CA) $9.33
Carrier Administ. Service Charge (YQ) $54
Combined fees, charges, surcharges (XT) $45.17

For just round-trip YYZ-CDG alone (AC non-stop) I got hit with $335.55 in taxes and surcharge, which is the same amount as for a regular booking. The breakdown as follows:

Canada Security Charge (CA) 17.00
Carrier Admin. Service Charge (YQ) 224.00
Combined taxes, fees, charges and surcharges (XT) 94.55

Further details on the XT charge:
XT25.00SQ1.25XG27.70FR34.20QX6.40IZ

This is an Economy reward ticket (booking class X).

Its the fuel, your paying for AC fuel any time an AC long haul / international is added your palmed with the fuel.

Yyz > icn > nrt > yyz: $226.45
 

I haven't booked award travel myself for a while, so I was pleasantly surprised when I could construct the following itinerary via the website with relative ease (thus saving the Call Centre fee)

25-Mar: YYZ > IAD > NRT > ICN via UA 8066 > NH001 > UA 891
1-Apr: ICN > NRT via OZ 104
2-May: NRT > SEA > YYZ via UA876 > AC540

It was all in Y for 75K and the website gave me fees of $226.45. Hopefully the seats are still available once my brother decides.

Glad to see the website has evolved!

Wow, how come yours is so much more expensive than mine?

I booked a YYZ-ORD-NRT-HKG-SIN and SIN-NRT-ORD-YYZ for Aug of next year on business class and I paid only $140 and change (this with the $31.50 fee) Like yourself, I am flying on UA, NH and SQ and no AC...

$80 difference. I'd attribute it to the SEA > YYZ segment (AC540).

After posting, I redid the itinerary using as much AC metal as possible (made YYZ > ICN outbound and NRT > YYZ on the return) and the fees went up to ~ $320.

Of course, if doing this in Y (vs. J) then I'd pay a bit more to get AC's IFE.

YMMV.

Yesterday, I booked YXE-LIM/SCL-YXE, all in AC J for $151.25. No booking fee since I booked online.

Not a big fan of the IFE. I rather have better food, better service and better AVOD, so i went with NH. But to each it's own

PEK-NRT AIR CHINA
NRT-YYZ AIR CANADA
YYZ-SFO AIR CANADA
SFO-PEK UNITED

Taxes/fees total was CAD317 and 75K miles all in economy; would have been CAD250ish if I had used UA on the third segment.

i would have. And I would have flown NRT-ORD on NH and ORD-YYZ on UA
:) which i am

Hmmm, nice. We're planning a family reunion and have picked China... My dad has been dreaming about going to Tibet - so a similar itinerary would be perfect - either Y or J.

Love the Asia 1 awards. as I'm ex-BKK. We did BKK-NRT in J rewards 2 years ago. TG's ROP costs way more points for that distance.

I just did in J
ICN-HKG(TG 777)
HKG-SIN (SQ A380)

SIN-PVG (SQ 777-200)
PVG-ICN (OZ 777-200)

30,000M and 39,17CAD in taxes.

I just attempted to make a *A award booking on the website and noticed a CAD5 Aeroplan service fee. This is in addition to the airport taxes and surcharges. There was no E-ticket/delivery fee.

This is the first time that I have seen this $5 fee for online award bookings.

Treated my brother and I to exec class to NOLA for a week. ClassicFlight rewards, 40k miles per.

Mine: YOW -> YYZ -> IAD -> MSY

Security charge: 7.94
GST: 4.25
Combined taxes, fees, etc: 137.70

Brother: YQM -> YYZ -> IAD -> MSY

Security charge: 7.94
GST: 3.50
Combined taxes, fees, etc: 139.65

What about AC flight on ANA award?
 

I posted a question on ANA forum but have received no reply. Anyone know if these AC surcharges apply for an award booked on ANA? I priced LGA-YYZ-TLV,
AC; TLV-BRU,SN; BRU-PHL,US at over 500.00 in taxes compared to a TK outbound at 249.00.

Generally speaking, fuel surcharges don't come up when booking on partner airlines.

YYZ NRT - J AC1
NRT HKG - J NH909
HKG YZ - J AC15

$277.95

Booked one of these last year an it was only $14x.xx!

Booked 3 Y tickets for YVR>YYZ>EZE>YYZ>YVR in December 2010. Two at the classic level (50k), and one at the elite priority rewards level (100k). Had to call, as the website does not allow for separate levels on the same booking.

$223.05 each, plus the telephone booking fee.

I just got off the phone with Aeroplan

YHZ-YYC (stop)
YYC-YYT (stop)
YYT-YHZ (stop)

40,000 Aeroplan Miles X 2 tickets, all in J class

$114.45 per person pluc the booking fee.

I paid the booking fee because AE.com would not allow this routing, I called AE and the agent told me it was back tracking so I'd have to pay for the YYT-YHZ leg myself. I hung up, called again and a different AE agent was happy to break the rules for me. :)

YYZ > LHR and AMS > YYZ
 

YYZ > LHR on AC
AMS > LHR > YYZ on BD then AC

All in J. Total cost: $277.45

Surprisingly, this was booked on AE.com -- no need to speak to an agent.

The full story can be found here.

BOS-YYZ-BOS using AP: $145
BOS-YYZ-BOS using Asia Miles: $50

YYZ-SIN
 

Just booked two tickets for my mum and dad for July/August this year

all Y

YYZ-LHR on AC
LHR-SIN on SQ
return same route, same carrier
the SQ on the SIN-LHR is SQ322 which is a 388

$390.25 + $31.50 AE fee X 2

I was pleasantly surprised. I thought the taxes would be around $500

YVR-VRA return
60k points in J (missed 40k Economy by 1 day-my fault)

Canada Security 17.00
Carrier Admin SC 90.00
Combined fees and surcharges for Classic Flights 15.75

total 122.75

PEK-HKG-PEK
 

PEK-HKG-PEK on CA in Y

China airport taxes and HK departure tax CAD30.20
Aeroplan service fee: CAD5
Total CAD35.20

YVR > YYZ > YQB > YUL > YVR
25K miles
$113.20

YVR - LHR (via YYC) for 2 pax in J came out to $1,400 for next November. It's misleading to call that a reward IMO.

What??

HKG-DPS via SIN in Y
HK Departure Tax: C$19.20
booked online :D

YOW- ORD
ORD-ICN Stop
ICN SYD turnaround
SYD-SIN
SIN-IST Stop
IST-FRA
FRA-YOW

All in J X 2
267.80 in taxes including 33.86 service fee

FRA-ICN (LH F)
ICN-PEK (OZ F)
PEK-NRT (NH J)
NRT-AKL (NZ J)
AKL-PPT (NZ J) Turnaround
PPT-AKL (NZ J) Stopover 1
AKL-MEL (NZ J)
MEL-SIN (SQ R)
SIN-BKK (SQ J) Stopover 2
BKK-FRA (TG F)

1Pax = $128.48 taxes and fees

YWG-YYZ-GCM-YYZ-YWG all AC in Y

$190.00 per person x2 plus call centre fee even though it wasn't available on the AP website.

Not as good as my recently completed trip in F to BKK, which was not on AC (UA,OZ,TG,NH) and was only $70.00 and change.

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I don't know what you were referring to, the 25K cost or the $139 in taxes....

For the fees, were there no UA or CO..or US?! flights that you could book?