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Originally Posted by Engine09
Airmiles.
Been looking at flights to Australia, last fall a single round trip was at 12,000 miles, now bumped up to 18,000 miles. $350 fees.
Flight to Lisbon, 5,800 miles but the fees are $850. Booking and paying for a regular non-airmiles flight to Lisbon is around $1,200.
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Not necessarily airmiles fault. Airmiles always covered the base fare and then the fees were extra. Until now the fees were a small portion, but airlines have added in a large surcharge due to unexpected costs.
Flight to Tokyo used to be $1000-$1200 by AC or 12,000 airmiles + $150. Now it's $1830 by AC or 11,000 air miles + $770, all because AC's base fare is $1075 but have an additional $658 surcharge fee. It's that fee that's making airmiles not look reasonable anymore.