To
avoid high fuel charges, try booking with partner airlines: United for flights within the U.S., Taca, Avianca and LATAM for flights to Latin America, and LOT for flights to Europe
Not exact matches
In general, we save
fuel in three separate ways: first is with a grid
charge; second is regenerative braking — we run very
high power regen, much, much
higher than anyone and we pretty much
avoid the use of friction brakes; and third is running the engine at the sweet spot.
We want to
avoid London if possible since we scared of
high fuel surcharges and tax that they
charge there.
Considering the fact that United does not pass on carrier imposed
fuel surcharges for award tickets even on partners, some people prefer to book partners such as Lufthansa with United miles to
avoid these
charges, even though 70,000 miles is
higher than other programs would
charge for that flight in business class.