This is great because that means they are not
collected on award tickets either!
Reports are that the original memo said specifically that fuel surcharges were to be
collected on award tickets.
Not exact matches
Other things are not so good: British Airways
collects carrier surcharges
on all
award tickets.
According to a recent arrangement, Air China's PhoenixMiles members can
collect non-status mileage
on all scheduled flights operated by Air Macau and request
award tickets on the scheduled flights operated by Air Macau and carrying the code «NX».
The biggest pitfall I see travelers falling into surrounds the airlines that charge «surcharges»
on their
award tickets — for a lot of the airlines the days of free
award travel are long gone and this can catch out those who are new to
collecting miles / points.
Air Macau's Privileges members can
collect partner mileage
on all scheduled flights operated by Air China and request
award tickets on the scheduled flights operated by Air China and carrying the code «CA».
United miles are among the most valuable of the big three carriers (United, Delta, and American) because the airline doesn't
collect fuel surcharges
on any
award tickets and because it allows a free stopover
on round - trip
tickets.
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.
The program offers a few unique values despite
collecting additional carrier surcharges
on most international
award tickets.
If you are
collecting miles with United, Avianca, TACA, or US Airways (soon to be part of One World Alliance), you don't need to worry about it because they don't pass
on fuel surcharges to
award tickets.
The main reason to
collect Southwest Rewards versus just using a cash back credit card is the ability to earn the Southwest Companion Pass which allows your companion to fly free with you (
on both paid and
award tickets).
British Airways is the poster child when it comes to
collecting fuel surcharges (YQ)
on award tickets.
For those based in the USA we will likely use them for our outbound flights to avoid the international surcharge that is
collected by Delta
on award tickets originating outside the USA.
Delta
collects fuel charges
on those originating in Europe you can save at least half of the fuel charges by booking a one way return from the USA instead of a round trip
award ticket.