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The charges aren't nearly as bad on other carriers. BA and Lufthansa are probably the worst. For instance, redeeming AA miles on Japan Airlines will generally
by saryant 11y ago
The charges aren't nearly as bad on other carriers. BA and Lufthansa are probably the worst.
For instance, redeeming AA miles on Japan Airlines will generally cost <$100 in taxes even in first class for a US->Japan flight.
- Nicholas_C 11y ago+1 on BA being horrible. My points for them only cut the fare to London in about half due to the surcharge that you can't pay with points. They make you pay for taxes (~$100 or so, which is understandable), fuel surcharges, and, what appears to me, to be a ton of complete BS charges.
- saryant 11y agoBA points are great... if you don't fly BA. I love using Avios for short-haul rewards around Asia that are otherwise expensive or would require inconvenient routings on the local LCCs.