Aeromexico Club Premier Taxes and Fees
Feb 23, 2017, 2:45 pm
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Aeromexico Club Premier Taxes and Fees
I am looking to book an award flight from Mexico City. I see varying information in regards to whether or not there are fuel surcharges... etc from club premier. Where can I see approximately how much I will have to pay in economy class to South America?
Thanks,
MG
Thanks,
MG
Feb 25, 2017, 1:53 am
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You have to log into your account and do as if you were going to book the flight, eventually you'll see how much money you'd have to pay for the specific itinerary you selected - no other way around that except for calling by phone.
Unlike other airlines where you use the points/miles and pay just the taxes —and exactly the same taxes of a paid ticket, so your points/miles cover the full fare price—, Club Premier doesn't work like that. You'll have to pay the taxes plus some money on top. This charge has the obscure name of "Cargos aéreos" and to me it looks like it's something they do so they don't lose so much money when redeeming points. It's not a fuel surcharge that everyone with a ticket pays, just a charge they apply to award tickets. My take is that when quoting an award ticket they do something like consider a predetermined monetary value of the points, check the actual paid fare for the selected flights, deduct the monetary value of the required points from that fare, and charge the rest as "Cargos aéreos". They will also charge a ticketing fee on top of that even if you book by yourself on the website.
Last year I quoted something like 80000 points and about 8000 MXN for a Mexico-Europe roundtrip. Not a good value considering that good deals could and can still be found to Europe for about 13000 MXN so I passed on that.
My suggestion would be to quote on the Club Premier website so you can see how much you'd have to pay, then check the regular fare prices for the same route on any airline, or if you're flexible on the dates and connections compare with some benchmark for good deals that pop up frequently or not-so-frequently (like Mexico City to Colombia, Ecuador or Peru for less than 300 USD) and evaluate if the difference in money is worth the points you'd spend... it might not be worth it.
As to compare, last year the value of the points for hotels was about 0.5625 US cents per point. So using 10000 points for hotels was a value of about 56.25 USD.
High season economy award tickets to South America North (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru...) are 60000 points round trip. The value of those 60000 points for hotels is about 337 USD. So unless you need to book a flight urgently for a particular date and the prices are really high, you might be better off waiting for a good airfare and using the points for hotels or for some other flight that might be worth it. Generally speaking it wouldn't be very reasonable to pay 60000 points (worth 337 USD in hotels) plus taxes, "cargos aéreos" and ticketing fees if the same flight can be bought upfront for 250 USD.
I've never tried to use Club Premier points for SkyTeam awards though, so I don't know if they do the same "cargos aéreos" thing for those.
Unlike other airlines where you use the points/miles and pay just the taxes —and exactly the same taxes of a paid ticket, so your points/miles cover the full fare price—, Club Premier doesn't work like that. You'll have to pay the taxes plus some money on top. This charge has the obscure name of "Cargos aéreos" and to me it looks like it's something they do so they don't lose so much money when redeeming points. It's not a fuel surcharge that everyone with a ticket pays, just a charge they apply to award tickets. My take is that when quoting an award ticket they do something like consider a predetermined monetary value of the points, check the actual paid fare for the selected flights, deduct the monetary value of the required points from that fare, and charge the rest as "Cargos aéreos". They will also charge a ticketing fee on top of that even if you book by yourself on the website.
Last year I quoted something like 80000 points and about 8000 MXN for a Mexico-Europe roundtrip. Not a good value considering that good deals could and can still be found to Europe for about 13000 MXN so I passed on that.
My suggestion would be to quote on the Club Premier website so you can see how much you'd have to pay, then check the regular fare prices for the same route on any airline, or if you're flexible on the dates and connections compare with some benchmark for good deals that pop up frequently or not-so-frequently (like Mexico City to Colombia, Ecuador or Peru for less than 300 USD) and evaluate if the difference in money is worth the points you'd spend... it might not be worth it.
As to compare, last year the value of the points for hotels was about 0.5625 US cents per point. So using 10000 points for hotels was a value of about 56.25 USD.
High season economy award tickets to South America North (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru...) are 60000 points round trip. The value of those 60000 points for hotels is about 337 USD. So unless you need to book a flight urgently for a particular date and the prices are really high, you might be better off waiting for a good airfare and using the points for hotels or for some other flight that might be worth it. Generally speaking it wouldn't be very reasonable to pay 60000 points (worth 337 USD in hotels) plus taxes, "cargos aéreos" and ticketing fees if the same flight can be bought upfront for 250 USD.
I've never tried to use Club Premier points for SkyTeam awards though, so I don't know if they do the same "cargos aéreos" thing for those.
May 12, 2017, 12:32 pm
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You have to log into your account and do as if you were going to book the flight, eventually you'll see how much money you'd have to pay for the specific itinerary you selected - no other way around that except for calling by phone.
Unlike other airlines where you use the points/miles and pay just the taxes —and exactly the same taxes of a paid ticket, so your points/miles cover the full fare price—, Club Premier doesn't work like that. You'll have to pay the taxes plus some money on top. This charge has the obscure name of "Cargos aéreos" and to me it looks like it's something they do so they don't lose so much money when redeeming points. It's not a fuel surcharge that everyone with a ticket pays, just a charge they apply to award tickets. My take is that when quoting an award ticket they do something like consider a predetermined monetary value of the points, check the actual paid fare for the selected flights, deduct the monetary value of the required points from that fare, and charge the rest as "Cargos aéreos". They will also charge a ticketing fee on top of that even if you book by yourself on the website.
Last year I quoted something like 80000 points and about 8000 MXN for a Mexico-Europe roundtrip. Not a good value considering that good deals could and can still be found to Europe for about 13000 MXN so I passed on that.
My suggestion would be to quote on the Club Premier website so you can see how much you'd have to pay, then check the regular fare prices for the same route on any airline, or if you're flexible on the dates and connections compare with some benchmark for good deals that pop up frequently or not-so-frequently (like Mexico City to Colombia, Ecuador or Peru for less than 300 USD) and evaluate if the difference in money is worth the points you'd spend... it might not be worth it.
As to compare, last year the value of the points for hotels was about 0.5625 US cents per point. So using 10000 points for hotels was a value of about 56.25 USD.
High season economy award tickets to South America North (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru...) are 60000 points round trip. The value of those 60000 points for hotels is about 337 USD. So unless you need to book a flight urgently for a particular date and the prices are really high, you might be better off waiting for a good airfare and using the points for hotels or for some other flight that might be worth it. Generally speaking it wouldn't be very reasonable to pay 60000 points (worth 337 USD in hotels) plus taxes, "cargos aéreos" and ticketing fees if the same flight can be bought upfront for 250 USD.
I've never tried to use Club Premier points for SkyTeam awards though, so I don't know if they do the same "cargos aéreos" thing for those.
Unlike other airlines where you use the points/miles and pay just the taxes —and exactly the same taxes of a paid ticket, so your points/miles cover the full fare price—, Club Premier doesn't work like that. You'll have to pay the taxes plus some money on top. This charge has the obscure name of "Cargos aéreos" and to me it looks like it's something they do so they don't lose so much money when redeeming points. It's not a fuel surcharge that everyone with a ticket pays, just a charge they apply to award tickets. My take is that when quoting an award ticket they do something like consider a predetermined monetary value of the points, check the actual paid fare for the selected flights, deduct the monetary value of the required points from that fare, and charge the rest as "Cargos aéreos". They will also charge a ticketing fee on top of that even if you book by yourself on the website.
Last year I quoted something like 80000 points and about 8000 MXN for a Mexico-Europe roundtrip. Not a good value considering that good deals could and can still be found to Europe for about 13000 MXN so I passed on that.
My suggestion would be to quote on the Club Premier website so you can see how much you'd have to pay, then check the regular fare prices for the same route on any airline, or if you're flexible on the dates and connections compare with some benchmark for good deals that pop up frequently or not-so-frequently (like Mexico City to Colombia, Ecuador or Peru for less than 300 USD) and evaluate if the difference in money is worth the points you'd spend... it might not be worth it.
As to compare, last year the value of the points for hotels was about 0.5625 US cents per point. So using 10000 points for hotels was a value of about 56.25 USD.
High season economy award tickets to South America North (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru...) are 60000 points round trip. The value of those 60000 points for hotels is about 337 USD. So unless you need to book a flight urgently for a particular date and the prices are really high, you might be better off waiting for a good airfare and using the points for hotels or for some other flight that might be worth it. Generally speaking it wouldn't be very reasonable to pay 60000 points (worth 337 USD in hotels) plus taxes, "cargos aéreos" and ticketing fees if the same flight can be bought upfront for 250 USD.
I've never tried to use Club Premier points for SkyTeam awards though, so I don't know if they do the same "cargos aéreos" thing for those.
I got all the way to the checkout screen (i have zero points since I would be transferring from MR) and all it said was I owe points no cash. I don't want to transfer MR if it turns out I have to pay a fee on top of it (since the fee sounds a bit exorbitant)
Jun 25, 2017, 1:15 am
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Is this true for MEX-USA flights?
I got all the way to the checkout screen (i have zero points since I would be transferring from MR) and all it said was I owe points no cash. I don't want to transfer MR if it turns out I have to pay a fee on top of it (since the fee sounds a bit exorbitant)
I got all the way to the checkout screen (i have zero points since I would be transferring from MR) and all it said was I owe points no cash. I don't want to transfer MR if it turns out I have to pay a fee on top of it (since the fee sounds a bit exorbitant)
Unless you can know for sure how many points and $ you'd need, and it's a good valuation of the points, and the transfer is applied immediately, I'd very much advise against transferring MR points to AM... There should be better and more valuable uses for those MR points
Jun 30, 2017, 5:57 pm
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Unfortunately they do the same "cargos aéreos" and "ticketing fee" scams whatever the route. If you got $0 it's definitely wrong because at the very least, even in the unlikely event of $0 of "cargos aéreos" they should have shown a 400 MXN ticketing fee.
Unless you can know for sure how many points and $ you'd need, and it's a good valuation of the points, and the transfer is applied immediately, I'd very much advise against transferring MR points to AM... There should be better and more valuable uses for those MR points
Unless you can know for sure how many points and $ you'd need, and it's a good valuation of the points, and the transfer is applied immediately, I'd very much advise against transferring MR points to AM... There should be better and more valuable uses for those MR points
CUN-MEX-PVR is $483 (2 day stopover in MEX) and I can do that in coach for $120
lol. If it goes back to where it was $273 which I stupidly didn't take I will take it.
Jul 18, 2018, 1:23 pm
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sorry to revive this old thread but I couldn't find an alternative and I wasnt sure if I should have started a new one. But I just noticed that, in the last few months, AM devalued their award chart by A LOT. they gutted it! All the sweet spots from before have been wiped away. It seems like a 50-70% price increase across the board FOR BUSINESS CLASS awards.
For example:
USA-Europe: used to be 128,000kmp round trip in Business (80k miles round trip)...now it's 220,000-228,000kmp (137.5k-142.5k miles round trip)
USA-Middle East: used to be 160,000kmp round trip in business (100k miles round trip)...now it's 257,000-285,000kmp (160.6k-178.1k miles round trip)
Did anyone get notice of this????
For example:
USA-Europe: used to be 128,000kmp round trip in Business (80k miles round trip)...now it's 220,000-228,000kmp (137.5k-142.5k miles round trip)
USA-Middle East: used to be 160,000kmp round trip in business (100k miles round trip)...now it's 257,000-285,000kmp (160.6k-178.1k miles round trip)
Did anyone get notice of this????
Last edited by atcanobbio; Jul 20, 2018 at 10:58 am
Jul 20, 2018, 10:33 am
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sorry to revive this old thread but I couldn't find an alternative and I wasnt sure if I should have started a new one. But I just noticed that, in the last few months, AM devalued their award chart by A LOT. they gutted it! All the sweet spots from before have been wiped away. It seems like a 50-70% price increase across the board.
For example:
USA-Europe: used to be 128,000kmp round trip (80k miles round trip)...now it's 220,000-228,000kmp (137.5k-142.5k miles round trip)
USA-Middle East: used to be 160,000kmp round trip (100k miles round trip)...now it's 257,000-285,000kmp (160.6k-178.1k miles round trip)
Did anyone get notice of this????
For example:
USA-Europe: used to be 128,000kmp round trip (80k miles round trip)...now it's 220,000-228,000kmp (137.5k-142.5k miles round trip)
USA-Middle East: used to be 160,000kmp round trip (100k miles round trip)...now it's 257,000-285,000kmp (160.6k-178.1k miles round trip)
Did anyone get notice of this????
Jul 26, 2018, 8:16 pm
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I noticed AM changed everything, but they did do some ok things. Before I used to find a flight to Chicago for 38000 miles plus 6000 mxn in fees. When the flight without miles was 6500. However, with new scheme it was quoting me 60000 miles return but now only 1900 mxn in fees. I haven't got time to do the maths, but I think for certain types of redemption things are better and for others worse.
One thing that does suck is they have got rid of their Monday 50pc off deals. Now Monday is Max 20pc off with reward flights. I once got 45000 miles (half the usual) to Paris and back and only 6200 of taxes. Feels a bit like paying BAs fuel surcharges.
One thing that does suck is they have got rid of their Monday 50pc off deals. Now Monday is Max 20pc off with reward flights. I once got 45000 miles (half the usual) to Paris and back and only 6200 of taxes. Feels a bit like paying BAs fuel surcharges.
Jul 31, 2018, 3:28 pm
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I noticed AM changed everything, but they did do some ok things. Before I used to find a flight to Chicago for 38000 miles plus 6000 mxn in fees. When the flight without miles was 6500. However, with new scheme it was quoting me 60000 miles return but now only 1900 mxn in fees. I haven't got time to do the maths, but I think for certain types of redemption things are better and for others worse.
One thing that does suck is they have got rid of their Monday 50pc off deals. Now Monday is Max 20pc off with reward flights. I once got 45000 miles (half the usual) to Paris and back and only 6200 of taxes. Feels a bit like paying BAs fuel surcharges.
One thing that does suck is they have got rid of their Monday 50pc off deals. Now Monday is Max 20pc off with reward flights. I once got 45000 miles (half the usual) to Paris and back and only 6200 of taxes. Feels a bit like paying BAs fuel surcharges.
20% off is still not bad though. Does this discount only apply to AM flights or Skyteam flights as well?are you saying that AM's new surcharges are as high as BA?
Aug 1, 2018, 8:41 pm
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Hi, sorry for the confusion. I meant to say that their surcharges were as bad as BA before, if not worse. However, the new changes seem to show that the charges have come down, but the number of miles are up. So I suppose if you can pick up the bonus miles from credit cards like AMEX, you're getting more bang for your buck now than before.
On other news, what an absolute miracle about the AM flight yesterday in Durango. I've flown the DRO MEX route at least 4 or 5 times in the past 6 years. So happy to read everyone walked away alive.
On other news, what an absolute miracle about the AM flight yesterday in Durango. I've flown the DRO MEX route at least 4 or 5 times in the past 6 years. So happy to read everyone walked away alive.
Sep 24, 2018, 11:49 am
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Anyone know what the policy is on stopover and open jaws? An agent said I could do DFW-UIO and return from BOG with one stopover in MEX for the same number of points - 70K. He did not seem confident, so wanted to check if this is true.