BA Carrier Imposed Fees - Avios Redemption for CX Operated Flights
 

I have made two BA Avios redemption bookings: SFO-HKG and HKG-LHR.

Both flights were booked under CX flight numbers and are operated by CX.

However, I have been charged £65.20 re: YR BA Carrier Imposed Fees on both redemption tickets.

Why is BA charging these fees for flights that they are not operating?

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It is CX's carrier surcharge you are incurring. BA does not add carrier surcharge on.

CX SFO-HKG in J revenue ticket
Carrier-imposed surcharge (YR) £65.70
US International Departure Tax (US) £14.40
US September 11th Security Fee (AY) £4.40
US Passenger Facility Charge (XF) £3.50
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Total = £88.00

CX SFO-HKG in J reward ticket booked on ba.com
Transportation Tax(Departure) - USA GBP 14.40
Passenger Civil Aviation Security Service Fee - USA GBP 4.40
Passenger Facility Charge GBP 3.50
British Airways fees and carrier charges - Carrier imposed charge GBP 65.70
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Total = £88.00

CX SFO-HKG in J revenue ticket
Hong Kong Air Passenger Departure Tax (HK) £12.10
Hong Kong Airport Passenger Security Charge (I5) £5.00
Carrier-imposed surcharge (YR) £65.60
Hong Kong Airport Construction Fee (G3) £18.10
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Total = £100.80

CX HKG-LHR in J reward ticket booked on ba.com
I5SE GBP 5.00
Air Passenger Departure Tax - Hong Kong GBP 12.10
G3RE GBP 18.10
British Airways fees and carrier charges - Carrier imposed charge GBP 65.70
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Total = £100.90

Just out of curiosity, was it easy to find direct CX reward tickets. Whenever I tried to look for CX reward tickets, I never could find any nonstop flights.

You should be thrilled to only pay £65 in YR/YQ. You would pay multiple 100s on BA.

Thanks Karfa!

Interesting that CX has started to charge YR fees on BA redemptions.

I did the same itinerary about 18 months ago and there were no YR fees.

I've been successful a few times in finding F redemption availability on CX on LHR / HKG / YVR or SFO for myself and a friend.

However, I'm booking these at least 6 months in advance.

Also, there tends to be more availability in C (as F is only operating 1 out of 3 flights on these routes).

Isn't it regulated by the Hong Kong Civil Aviation Authority? It's linked to the fuel price, and I seem to remember they recently allowed airlines operating out of HKG to charge a surcharge again.

that is roughly the same amount of fees that AA always charged for redemptions with Aadvantage miles as well--so suspect its been there for ages given my first CX redemption via Aadvantage was many years ago.

and yes, i am overjoyed anytime i can find a non BA flight given their INSANE fees.