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I have almost always added 美化語{びかご} to "いかが" (making "おいかが"). However, a
native speaker just told me that "おいかが" sounds unnatural. I'd like to double
check this.

Is it ever natural to add 美化語 to "いかが"?
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honorifics
can one ever say "おいかがですか？"
おいかが(ですか) sounds unnatural. いかが(ですか) is already polite so you don't need to
add お.
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「 **お** いかがですか？」("How are you feeling?") should probably be avoided even
though some native speakers actually say it.

The reason for that, however, is **_not_** that there is already 「です」 in there
expressing politeness. Rather, it is because the word 「いかが」 is already on the
pretty polite and formal side. Adding the honorific 「お」 to it does make it
sound overly polite. The non-polite forms of 「いかが」 would be
「どう」、「どのよう」、「どんなふう」, etc.

This is why it is completely "correct" to say 「 **お** いくらですか？」("How much is
it?") using an 「お」 as, unlike 「いかが」, 「いくら」 is non-polite.
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