I am looking at booking to fly from CDG to YYZ via LHR in J with BA using QFF points for a date that will be released in a few weeks. Looking today at 10 Sep 2027 that BA released today there are J flights available.
If I look separately at CDG-LHR it would be 21,000 QFF points + 76 Euro (appr 123 AUD). Looking separately at LHR-YYZ it would be 73,400 points + 647 GBP (appr 1218 AUD) . So the total of taxes and carrier fees etc would be in AUD 123 + 1218 = AUD1341.
Now if I search for CDG-YYZ the QF site shows the same flights for 90,000 QFF points + 967 Euro (appr 1562 AUD). I would have thought booking as a single itinerary would have meant we wouldn't have to pay the UK APD since we are only transitting at LHR so the price should be lower or even the same if they are still charging the APD but booking as a through flight is showing as 221 AUD extra ((1562 - 1341) compared with booking separate flights (which of course I don't want to do). Looking at the same flights using multi city still brought up the same Euro amount. In past years I have transitted through LHR and not been charged the APD.
Has anyone else seen the same happening with QFF? I have looked at this over several days and it is always the same.
If I look separately at CDG-LHR it would be 21,000 QFF points + 76 Euro (appr 123 AUD). Looking separately at LHR-YYZ it would be 73,400 points + 647 GBP (appr 1218 AUD) . So the total of taxes and carrier fees etc would be in AUD 123 + 1218 = AUD1341.
Now if I search for CDG-YYZ the QF site shows the same flights for 90,000 QFF points + 967 Euro (appr 1562 AUD). I would have thought booking as a single itinerary would have meant we wouldn't have to pay the UK APD since we are only transitting at LHR so the price should be lower or even the same if they are still charging the APD but booking as a through flight is showing as 221 AUD extra ((1562 - 1341) compared with booking separate flights (which of course I don't want to do). Looking at the same flights using multi city still brought up the same Euro amount. In past years I have transitted through LHR and not been charged the APD.
Has anyone else seen the same happening with QFF? I have looked at this over several days and it is always the same.
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