EI YQ with Avios risen dramatically?
Mar 17, 2022, 4:31 pm
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EI YQ with Avios risen dramatically?
Not sure if this is new, so please delete if I haven't been paying attention. I don't believe I've paid significant fuel surcharges on USA-DUB flights in J using BA Avios in years past. When I did a search today, though, two seats from IAD-DUB are showing $1400 in surcharges. A paid business search is also showing a $700 YQ surcharge per ticket.
Mar 17, 2022, 5:38 pm
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For an economy DUB-US one way ticket on EI the taxes/surcharges always used to be about £50-60 booked on the phone via BA.
On BA.com I can see they're now £125. No idea if the lower price is still available if you call.
On BA.com I can see they're now £125. No idea if the lower price is still available if you call.
Mar 18, 2022, 1:59 am
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Checking on ITA the carrier surcharge on EI for DUB-JFK is €209.00 r/t in business class ( approx GBP176 ) , roundtrip ex USA seems to be a mindblowing $1,400.00 r/t
2x one ways would reduce dramatically to about $816
2x one ways would reduce dramatically to about $816
Mar 18, 2022, 6:23 am
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A one-way ex-US is $700, at least based on IAD-DUB.
Mar 19, 2022, 2:24 am
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Mar 21, 2022, 7:59 am
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use Avios.com
Not sure if this is new, so please delete if I haven't been paying attention. I don't believe I've paid significant fuel surcharges on USA-DUB flights in J using BA Avios in years past. When I did a search today, though, two seats from IAD-DUB are showing $1400 in surcharges. A paid business search is also showing a $700 YQ surcharge per ticket.
IAD-DUB 50k avios + £104.30
DUB-IAD 50k avios + £123.50
If you use the right booking channel, EI business class redemptions are still very good value.
Mar 21, 2022, 9:03 am
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Is this for EI metal only? I guess I need to actually find an EI flight with J availability to confirm. I saw a JFK-MAD-LHR offering in J on IB at AVIOS.com (w/ my EI acct.) and the fees were $829!! That's a bit insane.
Mar 21, 2022, 10:17 am
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