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Don’t fly BA to the UK period. Exception is going from Hong Kong as fuel surcharges are illegal.
Don’t fly out of the UK with one exception: Inverness. It’s exempt from the taxes, but still subject to fuel surcharges. So I paid $390 in fees for business from INV-LHR-ORD. Fly from Dublin or continental Europe using AA on BA and it’s under 400$ for business.
Asia miles have lower fuel surcharges than American on BA metal. Look for an Iberia flight if you can. But otherwise AA miles are for Asia, not for Europe. If you must fly to London, 57k flyblue miles on Virgin +$200 is your best bet. Or an illusions Polaris seat, I didn’t get it for 66k but I did get EWR-LHR for 73k +5.60$.
I would try to fly into either DUB/CDG/AMS and either take a short flight or eurostar in
Don’t fly out of LHR. Take train over to Brussels or Paris or something. Significantly lower exit taxes
https://thepointsguy.com/guide/avoid-fuel-surcharges-award-travel/
Probably by not booking a British Airways operated flight.
Look for the AA flights instead of the BA ones.
Good luck finding any at the saver rate though. I’d bet there aren’t any at 57.5k the whole year.