Need help here: trying to transfer my Amex points to British Airways (40% more boost) but when I search up the flight from SFO to London, its cost even more for me than I just purchased in Cash?

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Can anyone tell me how to book the cheap flight through British Airways?

IIRC, BA has fuel surcharges that kill transatlantic redemptions.

I see but how is even more expensive than I just booked with cash lmao

Yes, fuel surcharges don’t change often so sometimes carriers literally have to file negative fares so fare + fuel surcharge matches competitors. Best AVIOS values are short haul redemptions, redemptions on AA and some other partners (Air Italy between North American cities and Milan has quite quite premium cabin availability and lower fuel surcharges than BA), and premium cabin awards (business and first) where the fuel surcharge is a much smaller percent of the fare.

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