$970 in "fees" for a economy award
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Australia
Programs: AA Gold
Posts: 113
$970 in "fees" for a economy award
Just was looking into a award from SEA to CPT.
For an economy ticket, miles required 90,000 and $970 in fees!!!
Jeeesh, I can buy a ticket for $1,500 with better connections (not on BA).
At least for now I can use my miles on partner AA for domestic flights.
For an economy ticket, miles required 90,000 and $970 in fees!!!
Jeeesh, I can buy a ticket for $1,500 with better connections (not on BA).
At least for now I can use my miles on partner AA for domestic flights.
#2
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: London
Programs: BA, VS, HH, IHG, MB, MR
Posts: 26,865
Rule 1 - don't use BA Miles for Economy tickets
(For travel in November, BA is currently selling NYC tickets for £297. Or, of course, you could use 50,000 miles and pay £250 in taxes! 50,000 miles to save £47 is possibly some sort of record.)
(For travel in November, BA is currently selling NYC tickets for £297. Or, of course, you could use 50,000 miles and pay £250 in taxes! 50,000 miles to save £47 is possibly some sort of record.)
#4
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: AA Lifetime PLT , BA Silver , BD RIP , HH Gold, SPG / Marriott PLT , EF Subscriber
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Just arranged a Twice Around the World Northern Hemisphere First Class ticket using 330,000 AAdvantage Points, Total 62,000 miles, 16 sectors BA/JL/AA/CX and Qantas..Total Taxes ONLY $405..and $148 of that was APD for my LHR Stopover.
Gotta Luv AAmerican AAdvantage
Gotta Luv AAmerican AAdvantage
#5
Join Date: May 2008
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Wow! Think I am in the wrong FF program
#6
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 1,885
True. At first, miles plus cash to sit in Y within Europe seems like madness to the FTer. But 240 for no changes or refunds to BEG, say, and double that for Flex then suddenly 100 plus 10k miles and ability to change or cancel (for a fee) seems a fair deal in these straitened times.
#7
Join Date: Sep 2003
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