The nice aspect to blogging is receiving reader questions
about fee award issues in different practice areas.
We are also interested in up to the moment information that you have
about your fee awards in particular cases.
Not exact matches
Still others wrote
about pay - to - play meetings: Scientists had to pay a
fee in order to speak, or they were promised an
award and were then charged for it.
NASA replied that contractually it can not disclose specific information
about the
award fees, but it did provide this statement:
Michigan's $ 2,500
award covers only
about half of average tuition and
fees at Michigan's public four - year colleges.
But as
award amounts have atrophied and tuition and
fees have skyrocketed, today's typical FWS
award (
about $ 1,550 per year) now covers only 16 percent of today's average public tuition and
fees.
about NSBA and CSBA Urge Court to Use Fairness Principles in
Awarding Attorneys»
Fees in Special Education Litigation
«School districts should not have to fear paying unwarranted attorneys»
fee awards when making educational decisions
about placements and services for children with disabilities.»
I'm sorry, but a book that boasts
about being given an «
award» that required an entry
fee, especially one that gets into three digits, does not leave me with a positive impression.
Explaining the entry
fees, Jenkins notes that «it costs
about $ 50K to run a good
awards program.»
For example, if the chapter on contests and
awards is going to be useful as more then an incomplete list, each entry needs to be annotated to include info on entry
fees and deadlines as well as more
about the actual value of winning or placing in each.
They spoke
about the following topics: E-mailing Kickstarter and getting advice before starting your campaign, creating an e-mail lists of fans, how much to ask for, what your biggest expenses are, how much to pad out your time and money requests due to unforeseen problems, how much are kickstarter and credit card processing
fee's, paying an artist, the design and layout of the Kickstarter page, putting images and videos on your page, getting background music for your video, when you should start your campaign, for how long you campaigns should be and what to avoid, what
awards to offer, the emotional rollercoaster that comes with a kickstarter campaign, social media advertising, the logistics of mailing out all the books and more.
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware On Wednesday, I blogged
about high entry
fee awards schemes.
One of the best parts
about Delta SkyMiles Platinum Status is the fact that you can cancel an
award ticket at least 72 hours prior to a flight at no
fee.
On an American Airlines flight, business class and first class
award bookings will include
about $ 280 in taxes and
fees for a round - trip ticket.
While a round - trip economy class
award on a flight operated by American Airlines will include
about $ 180 in taxes and
fees, an economy
award on British Airways will require
about $ 520 thanks to carrier - imposed surcharges.
Also, just learned
about the high fuel
fees if we book
awards tickets directly through Air France.
Also, each cardmember anniversary, the card
awards you 6,000 bonus points that are valued at
about $ 90 — eating away most of this card's $ 99 annual
fee.
To learn
about money market accounts with no service
fees, no minimum balance requirements and
award - winning customer service, visit Synchrony Bank.
For information
about rates,
fees, the Annual
Fee, other costs and the rewards program rules (including accrual rate,
awards, etc.) and benefits associated with the use of these credit card programs, please see the terms and conditions for each of the three card offers: Mastercard Titanium Card Terms and Conditions, Mastercard Black Card Terms and Conditions and Mastercard Gold Card Terms and Conditions.
Fuel surcharges can bring the total
fees to over $ 1,000 per person (like the example of a British Airways first class
award I recently booked — and am having second thoughts
about).
Some people complain
about paying the
fee, but $ 25 is a small price to pay for the kind of extraordinary redemptions that can throw off United.com's
award booking engine.
ANA Mileage Club will pass on carrier - imposed surcharges when you book
awards, but EVA Air does not impose these
fees... so you won't have to worry
about that for this particular booking.
As a result, economy class
awards will include roughly $ 240 in taxes and
fees, while business class
awards will include
about $ 600 in taxes and
fees.
A great thing
about this travel credit is that in addition to being able to apply it to a ticket, you can also use it toward flight - related expenses charged to the card, like
award taxes and
fees.
(We've written
about award flight cancellation and change
fees too.)
The results on the next page show several dates with
awards for 50,000 miles and
fees of
about $ 70.
The
fees / taxes for this
award amounted to
about $ 550.
While Japan Airlines will require fewer miles, a round - trip first class
award from the U.S. to Dubai will include up to
about $ 1,716 in taxes and
fees.
Learn more
about how to estimate the cost of taxes,
fees, and fuel surcharges on your next
award ticket.
For information
about rates,
fees, the Annual
Fee, other costs and the rewards program rules (including accrual rate,
awards, etc.) and benefits associated with the use of these credit card programs, please see the terms and conditions for each of the three card offers: Mastercard Titanium Card Terms and Conditions, Mastercard Black Card Terms and Conditions and Mastercard Gold Card Terms and Conditions.
Last month, I wrote
about the changes to the Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer program wherein you'd soon be able to book Star Alliance
awards on the Singapore Airlines website, but in exchange, they raised the pricing on their Star Alliance
awards and added phone booking
fees for those that, well, want to use the phone to book.
For information
about rates,
fees, the annual
fee, other costs, the reward program rules (including cash back accrual rate, cash back
awards, etc. points accrual rate, points
awards, etc.) and benefits associated with the use of the credit card program, please see the Terms and Conditions.
For information
about rates,
fees, the annual
fee, other costs, the reward program rules (cash back accrual rate, cash back
awards, etc., points accrual rate, points
awards, etc.) and benefits associated with the use of the credit card program, please see the Terms and Conditions.
You are looking at
about 150K miles for a one way first class
award ticket to Mumbai plus $ 327.90 in taxes /
fees.
On an American Airlines flight, business class and first class
award bookings will include
about $ 280 in taxes and
fees for a round - trip ticket.
While a round - trip economy class
award on a flight operated by American Airlines will include
about $ 180 in taxes and
fees, an economy
award on British Airways will require
about $ 520 thanks to carrier - imposed surcharges.
Barclays is sending out offers for 0 % APR on balance transfer with 1 % transaction
fee to AAdvantage Aviator Red MasterCard holders (formerly US Airways Dividend miles world MasterCard) Earlier we wrote
about using Bank of America Alaska Airlines Visa Signature card for
award travel with Emirates.
R200 (
about $ 17) ticketing
fee for domestic
awards and R500 (
about $ 42)
fee for international
awards ticketed through a South African Airways office
Do you really care
about the difference between an
award change
fee and an
award cancellation
fee?
I did have to pay
about $ 295 in taxes /
fees / fuel surcharges on my Air Canada
award since the fuel surcharge was
about $ 211.
Even if you don't know anything
about navigating transfer partner
award charts and making
award bookings, the difference in sign - up bonus alone is more than enough to make up the difference in annual
fees.
But what's best
about them is that you typically pay very low
fees on you
award tickets, so even if their mileage requirements are a bit higher, you can save cash on your
awards.
If you have the Spirit Airlines credit card, you can book Spirit
award flights of up to 1,249 miles in length on off - peak dates from just 2,500 miles plus taxes and
fees starting at
about $ 5 - $ 20 each direction, depending on how far in advance you book.
BA's
award chart for travel around the United States starts at 7,500 Avios points per flight, but if you want to hop around Europe, Australia or some other international regions, you can book nonstop
award flights on British Airways and its partners from just 4,000 - 4,500 Avios plus
about $ 28 in taxes and
fees.
I was
about to pull the trigger, but then I thought to check out options using my British Airways Avios, since I have way more of them than AAdvantage miles and I value my AA miles much higher than BA Avios for several reasons: primarily the lower
fees and mileage amounts needed for most
awards (especially those with multiple connections) and because AA miles are generally harder to accrue vs. British Airways, which is an instant 1:1 transfer partner of both American Express Membership Rewards (often with up to 50 % bonuses) and Chase Ultimate Rewards.
Even though you don't earn elite miles on
award tickets and I value my airline elite status greatly, there's something extremely satisfying
about booking an expensive domestic flight and only paying $ 2.50 in
fees, which is what most carriers charge per segment on domestic US flights (plus any ticketing
fees).
The agent was able to book the
award but when I went to check - in the next day I had some issues... The United agent didn't book it correctly but the new agent fixed it but it was after a long wait and after being hung up by one agent... Oh and they transferred me to an American Airlines agent... Wasn't too happy
about that but it got resolved and even got a $ 75 voucher which also covered $ 100 change
fee for changing the class of service.
Using Alaska's partner
award chart, you can book a one - way ticket from Africa to the continental US in business class for 120,000 miles — worth
about $ 2,160 based on TPG's most recent valuations — plus $ 79 in taxes and
fees.
I wrote a while back
about this trick to avoid paying United's
award booking close - in
fee.