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New ANA Airways Award Chart — More on Fuel Surcharges and Some Revisions Now, let me begin by saying what I hate about their new program the most.

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

Driven by security and environmental concerns as well as skyrocketing oil prices — United Airlines more than doubled its fuel surcharge per ticket to $ 50 on January 12 — the aviation industry continues to cut back on fuel burn as it searches for cleaner, cheaper alternatives.

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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!

With Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Australia, things get more expensive because many foreign carriers impose fuel surcharges on award tickets.

Domestic flights within the U.S. don't have any fuel surcharges, so you don't have to worry about this if you use Miles & More to book a flight on partners like United and US Airways within the United States.

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.

Some things to bear in mind are that you will want to avoid flying on British Airways operated flights as those come with very heavy fuel surcharges (often more than a cash fare would have cost you).

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!

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.

Learn more about how to estimate the cost of taxes, fees, and fuel surcharges on your next award ticket.

Singapore charges more moderate fuel surcharges on its own flights than it usually adds to most of its airline partners.

One of the worst extra charges you can run into on an award ticket is a fuel surcharge, because they can be a few hundred dollars ore more, depending on the distance traveled.

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.

For instance, foreign airlines routinely add «fuel surcharges» on award redemptions that more than cover the additional cost of higher fuel prices.

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

As I mention in my series questioning whether to earn Aeorplan miles, the amount of «taxes» and fuel surcharges on an Aeroplan redemption is considerably more than the same redemption using United miles.

They don't pass on fuel surcharges to award tickets, and you can use United miles to book award flights with their Star Alliance partners (the largest airline alliance in the... read more

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If you are planning a trip the USA using Miles & More Miles you can fly on Polish LOT and pay much lower fuel surcharges than on Lufthansa, SWISS, and Austrian Airlines.

As of 23 March this award will cost 20,000 miles more than before but passengers will save $ 230 on the fuel surcharges they no longer have to pay.

A US domestic round - trip in Business class on United: MileagePlus would leave you 5,400 miles short, while Miles and More only requires 35,000 miles, with no fuel surcharge on United.

Awards on Singapore Airlines and / or SilkAir will now cost more in miles, but less in cash due to the removal of fuel surcharges.

Depending on the stopovers, you'll usually run 100,000 Avios or more to head to Asia, and then you'll pay hundreds of dollars in fuel surcharges on top of that.

You don't get good availability on Lufthansa flights when you book through other Star Alliance partners, such as United and Air Canada, and if you book them through Miles & More, you're facing hefty fuel surcharges.

British Airways collects nasty fuel surcharges on a lot of awards, but as you can see exemplified above, there are many options with no fuel surcharges (and even more with low ones — mainly short, direct economy flights).

You could also consider using it to fly to London because though it would cost you more Avios to add in an extra segment, you'd still be saving a lot of money on those British taxes and fuel surcharges, so if you have a lot of Avios but want to save cash, that could be a workaround option for you.

Now here's the trade - off, United charges more miles than Singapore for most routes, so if you want to fly on a United partner airline you'll have to decide whether you want to use more miles to redeem a United ticket without fuel surcharges or whether you want to save miles and use Singapore but pay fuel surcharges.

While this post can serve as a bit of a reference for you, you will also find an even more extensive post about airline alliances, fuel surcharges, and frequent flyer miles on Drew's site.

Just MHO of course, but Alaska miles are pretty valuable give one - way awards with a stopover, and partners that are in more than one alliance (and not in any alliance) plus no fuel surcharges except on BA.

See the Master List of Avoiding Fuel Surcharges or posts on the specific mileage program for more.

But Flying Blue miles are good for getting you to Europe on Delta flights with no fuel surcharges, which is a big plus, since the previous options to book Delta flights with Ultimate Rewards were more restrictive.

A simple search of New York to Tokyo on ANA will generate fuel surcharge as well (although more reasonable).

Avios have actually gotten more valuable since USAirways joined OneWorld as you can use them on all American and USAirways flights within the Western Hemisphere without any fuel surcharges.

It differs greatly from what you were used to with Star (starting with the insane fuel surcharges on British Airways, which makes getting to Europe much more difficult, and Africa basically impossible without surcharges).

Somehow I'll get more Copa miles in the future and redeem them on a solid award chart, with no fuel surcharges, to take advantage of great Star Alliance award space worldwide.

If you're interested in more info, specifically on which partners ANA passes on fuel surcharges with, check out my new ANA Miles post.

Flying Blue also allows a stopover and open jaw routing on roundtrip awards, so even if you have to pay fuel surcharges, you may be able to get well more than the standard 1 cent per point or less that Citi gives for ThankYou point redemptions.

Quick note — after yesterday's post Maximizing British Airways Avios - Fly Aer Lingus to Europe and Avoid Fuel Surcharges, one of my relatives wanted to know more about using British Airways Avios to fly Aer Lingus from Boston to Dublin, I did another search on United.

And while there may be some fuel surcharges on international awards booked with Miles & More, there are no fuel surcharges to worry about on domestic United flights.

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It may be possible to book more flights than the website shows and often it will force you to route through London to fly on BA, resulting in fuel surcharges and the LHR airport tax.