...but the taxes, fees, and (fuel) surcharges add another $510.
This is for 3/17-3/31. Interestingly, I took this same trip during mid-March of 2006 and the ticket price was just over $200 and the taxes were a few dollars more for $413 (total) per ticket. And the Pound was running a little more than it is today.
The fuel surcharge seems to be the main difference between then and now, and it says, "British Airways has introduced a fuel surcharge on all flights to reflect the continuing rise in worldwide oil prices." This surcharge is $186 for all long haul flights over 9 hours (Seattle).
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Seattle, USA
990 posts
BA seems to be the leader in surcharges and the slowest to reduce them. I remember reading something recently where a BA spokesman said something like, "We don't intend to compete for the customer looking for the lowest price. We think there is a market for a higher quality airline."
BA, if you're listening: "No, there isn't. Your economy service is no better than anyone else's. I fly the lowest convenient airline to Europe. Which will probably not be BA."
Let's hope they start reducing that fuel charge. Adding a high fuel surcharge to the already high landing fees and taxes imposed on flights to the UK will make it impractical to make London the jumping off point for a trip to Europe. It used to be that flying to London was just about the cheapest way to get to Europe. Now it's nearly always the most expensive.
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Seattle, WA, USA
530 posts
Not only that, but BA, as a mileage plan partner with Alaska Airlines, has recently increased the miles required for a round-trip flight from SEA to LHR to 65,000 miles AND they are charging from $300-$600 per award booking in addition to all other taxes and fees. OUCH!