Unfortunately effective today British Airways has started
collecting fuel surcharges for USAirways flights that begin or end outside of the Western Hemisphere.
Since adding that functionality, they've also stopped
collecting fuel surcharges on those awards.
British Airways is the poster child when it comes to
collecting fuel surcharges (YQ) on award tickets.
Instead British Airways is
collecting fuel surcharges on almost all awards, making those awards very poor values.
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.
KrisFlyer
collects fuel surcharges for awards on its own flights.
LifeMiles doesn't even
collect fuel surcharges on partner carriers, just standard taxes and fees.
But even a program that always
collects fuel surcharges can't collect what doesn't exist.
Delta does not
collect fuel surcharges on its own flights that originate within the U.S. or on other partners.
Just be aware that there are some good reasons to stick with an airline that
collects fuel surcharges:
British Airways doesn't
collect fuel surcharges when you use Avios to travel on Aer Lingus, LAN, or Air Berlin.
They'll
collect the fuel surcharge on Air Canada, Asiana, Lufthansa, Thai, ANA, and a few others.
ANA doesn't
collect fuel surcharges when you use Mileage Club miles to travel on United.
ANA is choosing not to
collect fuel surcharges in some cases.
His other frequent flyer miles might be better used for these trips since United still does not
collect fuel surcharges on awards and American does this only for a small number of partners.
Buying miles is often cheaper than booking a long - haul business class award, especially since United does not
collect fuel surcharges on any of its awards.
British Airways
collects fuel surcharges (sometimes renamed «carrier surcharges») on all award travel and also requires a lot of Avios for long - haul awards in business and first class.
BA does not
collect a fuel surcharge on AA flights that are wholly within the Western Hemisphere.
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.
Delta SkyMiles will
collect fuel surcharges on its own flights when departing Europe as well as for flights operated by Aeroflot, Air Europea, Air Tahiti Nui, Kenya Airways, China Eastern, China Southern, and Kenya Airways.
Delta only
collects fuel surcharges on flights originating in Europe.
Plus they don't
collect fuel surcharges on AA within the western hemisphere, on Qantas within Australia, on USAirways, Air Berlin, Aer Lingus, Alaska, or LAN and you can transfer points to Iberia to limit fuel surcharges there as well.
They are partners with some airlines outside of the Skyteam Alliance that they don't
collect a fuel surcharge on.
-LSB-...]
collect fuel surcharges on most of its partners» flights, but using Avios, especially on the partners that do not
collect fuel surcharges, can be a great value.
But British Airways doesn't
collect fuel surcharges on domestic Qantas flights like Sydney to Melbourne.
-LSB-...] British Airways Avios are awesome for short, direct flights on which British Airways doesn't
collect fuel surcharges.
-LSB-...] British Airways
collects fuel surcharges on any award flight that has fuel surcharges on the equivalent cash flight.
Delta and American Airlines — United's two major award program competitors —
both collect fuel surcharges on some awards.
They collect fuel surcharges on any award flight that has fuel surcharges on the equivalent cash -LSB-...]
British Airways
collects fuel surcharges on Qantas long haul flights, like those between Los Angeles and Sydney, Melbourne, or Brisbane.
American only
collects fuel surcharges on British Airways and Iberia flights when you redeem AAdvantage miles.
British Airways
collects fuel surcharges on almost all award redemptions.
None of those programs
collect fuel surcharges on United awards, and all allow connecting United flights free of charge.
22 Comments on «British Airways Now
Collecting Fuel Surcharge For International USAirways Flights»
American only
collects fuel surcharges on British Airways and Iberia award flights, so there were no other taxes, fees, or fuel surcharges.
Iberia still
collects fuel surcharges, but they tend to be way more reasonable than British Airways.
First of all, Korean Air will
collect fuel surcharges on these partners for transatlantic flights.
Flights leaving Brazil can not have fuel surcharges, so miles that otherwise
collect fuel surcharges on most awards are especially well used from Brazil to Europe.
Etihad doesn't
collect fuel surcharges when redeeming its miles on its own flights.
That roughly lines up with the $ 27.80 in taxes on the cash flight and shows that Etihad does not
collect fuel surcharges on American Airlines flights.
Those fuel surcharges will usually be collected by foreign loyalty programs that
collect fuel surcharges.
As noted above, Singapore does not
collect fuel surcharges on United flights.
As far as I know, Etihad does not
collect fuel surcharges on partner awards.
Not exact matches
Don't: Cathay Pacific no longer levees
fuel surcharges on its own flights, but they do
collect on most partner flights.
But there's no
fuel surcharge collected for flights on SAS, Singapore Airlines, Turkish, EgyptAir, EVA, Brussels, Ethiopian, Air China, or United.
However, LifeMiles does not
collect carrier - imposed
surcharges (also known as
fuel surcharges) that sometimes add a few hundred dollars to the price of a ticket.
The caveat is that you will have to pay a
fuel surcharge for your Miles & More award ticket, while United does not
collect these.
Fuel surcharges from British Airways are
collected when booking with Alaska miles as well.
I originally started
collecting them thinking I'd suck up the
fuel surcharges flying Boston to London on Virgin Atlantic Upper Class with good award availability.
American will still
collect some taxes and fees, but they will be reduced since it does not pass on the cost of any
fuel surcharges for award travel on Etihad.