Singapore Airlines» award chart is not the cheapest and they do
add fuel surcharges on award tickets (except on domestic United Airlines flights).
Not exact matches
It doesn't
add a
fuel surcharge to
award flights redeemed
on most of its international partners (other than British Airways and Iceland Air).
Avoid
awards that place you
on British Airways flights unless you want to pay steep
fuel surcharges that
add hundreds of dollars to the cost of your redemption.
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.
Awards on some of these airlines
add fuel surcharges — the highest are typically British Airways, Malaysia Airlines, Royal Jordanian, and Qatar.
These
award redemption rates aren't terrible at the moment but keep in mind, KrisFlyer does
add fuel surcharges for
award bookings
on certain airlines.
The biggest problem with British Airways» program is that it
adds prohibitively high
fuel surcharges to
award flights
on its own metal and
on some partners.
Unless you can find an
award seat
on Delta or Korean Air, it's best to avoid booking through SkyTeam since Delta
adds fuel surcharges to most of its other partners.
Virgin Atlantic
adds hefty
fuel surcharges on its own
awards.
The issue, as always with this airline, is BA's insistence
on adding ridiculous
fuel surcharges on to
award tickets.
Of their Star Alliance partners that fly to Europe from the U.S., Air Canada does not
add fuel surcharges to
awards booked
on the following airlines:
For instance, foreign airlines routinely
add «
fuel surcharges»
on award redemptions that more than cover the additional cost of higher
fuel prices.
Unlike some frequent flyer programs, United MileagePlus does not
add fuel surcharges to
award flights, even if you book
on partner airlines.
Always watch for the
fuel surcharges as British Airways
adds them to their
award tickets
on most other carriers as well.
Qatar Airways
adds fuel surcharges to its
award tickets, but the
award chart is reasonable for
awards on its own flights.
American Airlines doesn't
add them to its own international
award flights, but if you use AAdvantage miles to book a flight
on partner British Airways, you'll get
fuel -
surcharged.
And not all programs have
fuel surcharges, just as most North American programs don't
add them to
awards on most partners, South American programs are a place to go to avoid
fuel surcharges too.
The number one thing I'd bet
on is that Copa will not
add fuel surcharges to
award tickets.
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Then in 2011 Aeroplan announced a huge
award chart devaluation, which was quickly followed by them
adding fuel surcharges for travel
on most Star Alliance partner carriers without advance notice.
The trick to getting the most value from your British Airways Avios is to focus
on the partner
award flights that it doesn't
add fuel surcharges to.
When searching for
Award space
on Delta it seems that Flying Blue is
adding fuel surcharges for Delta flights when originating in Europe (example Stuttgart to Atlanta
on March, 1st 2016 with
surcharges of $ 277.76, where $ 141.00 of that are
fuel surcharges).
@bobbie thing is i am torn
on qantas miles, long haul
awards are crazy expensive especially in premium cabins and they
add fuel surcharges to
awards even when there's no
fuel surcharge on the ticket itself (like qantas international flights departing australia).
But for frequent flyers they are a pain because some airlines — most notably European and Asian frequent flyer programs, but also a handful of North American programs (Aeroplan
on about half of its Star Alliance partners, American predominantly
on British Airways, and Delta
on several partners)--
add fuel surcharges onto
award tickets.
AA doesn't
add fuel surcharges and other fees to
awards on AA - operated flights.
Since
adding that functionality, they've also stopped collecting
fuel surcharges on those
awards.
Although British Airways does not pass
on fuel surcharges for American Airlines flights within North America, they unfortunately do
add charges for
award tickets between the US and Europe
on American Airlines and most other partner flights.
Adding to the value of its
awards, the airline doesn't typically impose
fuel surcharges on its own flights.
Delta may
add a considerable
fuel surcharge to some
award tickets
on partner airlines.