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Weird one-way Upper reward fees

PostPosted: 23 May 2024, 01:08
by dmc
Has anyone noticed some weird one-way fees for Upper reward seats?

When searching for availability I often start looking at one-ways to find what I want and then start searching for a return.

YQ for a return from UK to USA is currently £700 (I know for a while briefly it went up before it came back to normal)

But if I search for e.g. JFK to LHR one way, YQ is shown as $1,000 (which is more than a return ticket!):

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If I search for LHR to JFK one way, YQ is £350 which makes more sense (half the return):

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Re: Weird one-way Upper reward fees

PostPosted: 23 May 2024, 09:20
by mikethe3rd
It’s always been like this… reward exUS (and even normal fares) are always more expensive.

Re: Weird one-way Upper reward fees

PostPosted: 23 May 2024, 09:26
by dmc
mikethe3rd wrote:It’s always been like this… reward exUS (and even normal fares) are always more expensive.


Ok, good to know - I guess I just hadn’t noticed the difference before!