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What fuel surcharges are and how to avoid them.
Any idea
what the fuel surcharges / taxes would be on that for North America to Buenos Aires in Business?
JAL Announces No International Fare Fuel Surcharge For Tickets Issued Between April And May 2016 — Japan has different rules to most countries when it comes to
what fuel surcharges airlines can impose on the unsuspecting public — most importantly they're actually pegged to the cost of fuel.
To estimate
what the fuel surcharge will be, head to the ITA Matrix and find the flights you are looking to book.
Not exact matches
This post concerns
what happens with the
fuel surcharge, typically labeled with a «YQ» or «YR.»
But even a program that always collects
fuel surcharges can't collect
what doesn't exist.
Sometimes, certain airlines have higher taxes, certain destinations have higher taxes, or you'll be charged higher
fuel surcharges depending on
what airline rewards program you book with.
What sets Korean Air award redemptions apart is that they give you the ability of avoiding
fuel surcharges.
What's Included: VAT, Accommodation, Complimentary toiletries, Tanks, Weights, Belts, Divemaster services, All meals, Possible
fuel surcharge, Towels
For me, Skywards isn't a priority at all
what with their excessive
fuel surcharges and large mileage requirements for awards.
Thus, I'm not sure
what the fees would come out to for the below redemptions but if they don't impose
fuel surcharges, they should surely be among the lowest.
From time to time I'm going to refer to fees called «
fuel surcharges» or «carrier imposed
surcharges» when I'm discussing award travel in a blog, so I thought it would be useful to have a brief and super-simple explanation of
what they are.
Here is an example of
what you're looking at if you can't get around the
fuel surcharges
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.
Well, to answer my own question,
what's not to like is
fuel surcharges, of course, but at least Cathay and Singapore are not too bad in that regard.
Not only will you pay
fuel surcharges (albeit smaller than
what you would when crossing the Atlantic), but you will also get hit with the very high Heathrow Airport taxes.
That represents a 25 - 33 % increase in costs for
what were already the most expensive awards, and British Airways is STILL collecting
fuel surcharges on these tickets.
ANA usually imposes
fuel surcharges on award redemptions equal to
what the carrier charges, though Etihad doesn't impose
fuel surcharges... so neither does ANA!
However,
what's interesting about Aeroplan is that if you change an itinerary after travel commences they'll only charge you the $ 90 CAD change fee, and not the difference in
fuel surcharges that would apply.
So look up the paid ticket, and the
fuel surcharge component will be
what you can expect to pay.
That said, I think it's hard to come up with a generalized value for a particular currency — it depends on where you want to go,
what class of travel you want, and how much
fuel surcharges and fees matter.
@jeremy generally US - south america won't involve
fuel surcharges, but it's of course routing - dependent (you pay
what the
surcharge would have been for your exact paid itinerary).
I'd rather fly United or Air Canada to avoid
fuel surcharges completely, but you do
what you can.
But
what's really great is that Air Canada (which goes to Europe and Asia) has no
fuel surcharges, as well as United flights everywhere except Asia.
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).
@Graydon for
what it's worth Delta charges 125k per person roundtrip without
fuel surcharges for the same flights
Fuel surcharges / fees will be similar to
what SQ and ANA would charge.
What I find interesting (though obvious) is that best availability seems to be on airlines that charge
fuel surcharges.
Definitely learn
what they are good for, use them for those types of trips, and avoid the
fuel surcharges.
What's left for avoiding
fuel surcharges with Avios?
(I wish I remembered
what she was trying to book and whose miles she had...) The thing is, if you know
what you're doing, you can avoid at least
fuel surcharges and that ends up being really significant.
The Guardian is reporting that's
what's being proposed by 50 of the world's least developed countries in the latest round of UN climate change talks in Bonn: The compulsory levy would generate an estimated $ 10 billion per year, and according to the Danish environment and energy minister would be matched by a
surcharge on all international shipping
fuel.