sing Iberia Avios to connect in Madrid, but while Iberia
charges lower fuel surcharges on their own flights than British Airways does, they're still not cheap: $ 352 compared to BA's $ 506.
I briefly considered using Iberia Avios to connect in Madrid, but while Iberia
charges lower fuel surcharges on their own flights than British Airways does, they're still not cheap: $ 352 compared to BA's $ 506.
The obvious reason to do so is that on identical Iberia - operated flights, you'll be
charged lower fuel surcharges using Avios in an Iberia Plus account than Avios in a British Airways account.
Not exact matches
Alitalia
charges large
fuel surcharges on its own flights and partner airline flights, but, if you do some searching, you can find good values despite the
surcharges and you can sometimes get a
lower fuel surcharge by booking a partner airline through Alitalia than directly with that airline.
Additional
charges, including taxes, booking fees, and
fuel surcharges, came in second place while
low - level award tickets not available ranked third.
The most valuable partners in my opinion are United (which never
charges fuel surcharges, allows free date changes, has flexible routing rules, allows one - way awards, and has dozens of partners to fly on) and Hyatt (where you can stay in incredible hotels that
charge $ 1,000 per night with awards as
low as 5K and up to a maximum of only 22K points per night).