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Sometimes it's worth paying more miles to save on fuel surcharges.

Additionally, the first class and business class experiences on partner airlines (with low fuel surcharges) make United MileagePlus miles some of the best redemptions out there.

The other big benefit to United miles is that United doesn't impose fuel surcharges, not even on partner flights.

The big drag on value for American miles for international flights are fuel surcharges on British Airways, which often cost more than just buying the cheapest economy fare outright.

Sometimes it's worth paying more miles to save on fuel surcharges.

It is possible to save on fuel surcharges by redeeming for Lufthansa First with other airlines, like United, but you'll end up spending a ton more miles!

Lufthansa, Singapore Airlines, British Airways, and ANA almost always impose fuel surcharges on award tickets booked with their miles.

If you have these miles, I recommend you think about trips you can take on routes that don't have fuel surcharges to begin with.

Using a Star Alliance partner award, anywhere in North America to Hawaii on United is 17,500 miles each way for economy class or 30,000 miles each way for first class (on a two - cabin plane) with no fuel surcharges.

ANA doesn't collect fuel surcharges when you use Mileage Club miles to travel on United.

Even if I want to fly Virgin Atlantic, I'll book it with Delta miles and avoid the fuel surcharges, and I'll use up whatever Flying Club miles I currently have left on Delta tickets.

However, United truly was the best program to use your miles in due to the fact that there were no fuel surcharges added on all Star Alliance carriers.

The second possible use of Virgin Atlantic miles is just biting the bullet and paying the fuel surcharges on Virgin Atlantic.

On top of that, Virgin Atlantic miles are super dreadful because of the enormous fuel surcharges that Virgin Atlantic insists on adding to their «free» ticketOn top of that, Virgin Atlantic miles are super dreadful because of the enormous fuel surcharges that Virgin Atlantic insists on adding to their «free» ticketon adding to their «free» tickets.

You can use United miles to redeem with any Star Alliance partner just like you would on United itself, and without any fuel surcharges.

If you're desperate to fly on Virgin Atlantic, you're better off doing it with Delta miles and skipping the fuel surcharges.

US Airways Dividend miles redemptions do not have an associated fuel surcharge, even on those exact same flights.

A United round - trip ticket in business class will only cost you 88,000 ANA award miles, or 55,000 award miles in economy, and ANA doesn't add fuel surcharges on United flights.

American Airlines miles aren't the easiest award miles to use to get to Europe, since you will often have to route through London (higher fees), fly British Airways (high fuel surcharges on longer flights), and they limit award availability on their own metal, especially for premium cabin flights.

United typically does not charge exorbitant fuel surcharges or other hidden fees for its own flights or flights on its partners like you'll see when redeeming Avios or American Airlines miles on British Airways.

If you travel regularly from Winnipeg to Timmins then you would get good value, or if you travel on airlines that do nt charge the fuel surcharge, then you would get good value from your Aeroplan miles.

Aeroplan adds very high taxes and fuel surcharges to redemptions on Air Canada flights making Aeroplan miles worth less than 1 cent for most popular routes.

Therefore, the increase on the New York to Singapore flight of 16,500 miles is a value of $ 247.50, which almost equals the $ 229 in airline fuel and insurance surcharges that will be disappearing.

The good news in this announcement is that Singapore Airlines has decided to drop all fuel and insurance surcharges from their award redemptions, which should save you quite a bit of cash if you plan to redeem your miles on or after March 23.

Fuel surcharges are going to be significant if you want to fly British Airways in First Class, but using your miles is still a great way to access a ticket that would otherwise cost $ 5,000 or more one - way — especially if you can pair your redemption with a Travel Together Ticket earned by spending on British Airway's co-branded credit card.

It's important to note that it is not possible to get a refund on reduced flight awards, so if you cancel one of these awards you will not be recredited your miles or refunded the taxes and fees (including fuel surcharges).

For a partner award you will see the price on the next page, including the number of miles as well as a breakdown of the fuel surcharge and other taxes and fees.

It is possible to save on fuel surcharges by redeeming for Lufthansa First with other airlines, like United, but you'll end up spending a ton more miles!

If you redeem for flights on British Airways, you will get hit with some friendly fuel surcharges drastically reducing the value of your miles.

In addition, it is eliminating the 15 % online booking discount it has offered on award bookings and upgrades made through its website or app, and it is raising the number of miles required for Saver Awards, although the increase is relatively modest and likely to be more than offset by the elimination of the fuel surcharges.

Use Singapore miles on a premium class domestic award ticket on United (including Alaska) without fuel surcharges.

Asiana Club miles offer some of the best value among Star Alliance carriers on flights to Europe, particularly if you avoid fuel surcharges by flying on United or Air Canada.

While the card isn't that great for getting to Europe because of fuel surcharges, it is the best card for traveling domestically in premium cabins (17K miles one - way Business Class on United Premier Service flights).

However, there are some sweet spots like a North America to Hawaii economy award on United for only 35,000 miles with no fuel surcharges.

There are no fuel surcharges for flights on Delta with Virgin Atlantic miles, but one - way redemptions are not allowed.

The main flight of the itinerary was this one, New York to Düsseldorf on AirBerlin, which allowed me to use my American Airlines miles without any fuel surcharges and be guaranteed a flat - bed seat.

Award flight tip *: Round - trip business class awards from the US - Europe cost 88,000 miles, just beware of high fuel surcharges on some partners.

With the ridiculous fuel surcharges that accompany anything to do with British Airways I wouldn't recommend using Avios for travel on Qatar Airways but AAdvantage miles are a different story.

With Flying Blue miles you can book SkyTeam flights, like those on Delta (avoid fuel surcharges), Air France, Alitalia.

You'll notice that on a sample Atlanta to Paris search in economy, only 50,000 SkyPass miles are needed, but you'll also see that the carrier - imposed fees (also known as fuel surcharges) are quite high.

As a comparison, if you were to use AAdvantage miles on American Airlines (an airline that does not impose fuel surcharges) these would be the costs (Using MileSAAver Awards):

His other frequent flyer miles might be better used for these trips since United still does not collect fuel surcharges on awards and American does this only for a small number of partners.

The good news is that despite the fuel surcharges, you are paying many fewer Miles & More miles to fly on Lufthansa vs. booking with United's MileagePlus program.

Buying miles is often cheaper than booking a long - haul business class award, especially since United does not collect fuel surcharges on any of its awards.

While redeeming miles on British Airways flights carries mighty fuel surcharges, there is a lot more opportunity for finding award space.

My preferred method of getting to New Zealand would be to book a roundtrip with ANA miles on United Airlines since they don't pass on fuel surcharges and your total fees would be minimal.

You can use your miles on 20 partner airlines, and Delta not only allows one - way travel for half the miles, but also an open jaw, which you can use to avoid fuel surcharges if your flight home originates in Europe.

For example, use United Airlines miles to book an award with no fuel surcharges, or book an airline that doesn't pass through London so you can avoid the high passenger duty on business and first class travel.

Manchester — Munich Los Angeles — Tokyo (A380) San Francisco — Seoul San Francisco — Hong Kong (A380 until March 24, 2013) Houston — Moscow New York — Frankfurt (A380 resumes on March 25, 2013) Sao Paulo — Barcelona (no fuel surcharge from Brazil, and only 59K SQ miles one - way for First) Dubai — Cairo

For instance, a round - trip flight on British Airways in August from Washington to London costs 50,000 miles and $ 531, in large part because of the airline's «fuel surcharge.»