I like
dropping fuel surcharges, but they don't drop much in premium cabins which is how I've learned to use their points.
According to media reports, airlines
dropping fuel surcharges include Qatar Airways, Japan Air Lines and Cebu Pacific which boasted about this on its website («We're happy to announce that there will no longer be any fuel surcharge for all flights»).
The airline is
dropping fuel surcharges on its own flights and those of its partners, which is a change expected to be complete by the end of May.
Not exact matches
Of course, with the price of oil
dropping faster than the number of remaining Sears stores, the airlines can't justify adding
fuel surcharges to their tickets anymore.
The good news in this announcement is that Singapore Airlines has decided to
drop all
fuel and insurance
surcharges from their award redemptions, which should save you quite a bit of cash if you plan to redeem your miles on or after March 23.
As with the cuts in January, the biggest
drop in
fuel surcharges (25 %) will occur on economy awards booked to / from the US resulting in an expected decrease in the
surcharges of up to $ 140.
Well, quite simply, because the price of aviation
fuel has
dropped over 40 % in the past twelve months and we haven't seen nearly that much of a
drop in
fuel surcharges.
The good news is that the airline cut its own
fuel surcharges in half in the spring of 2015, when
fuel prices
dropped.
China Airlines imposes
fuel surcharges, but they have been cut almost in half since the
drop in global
fuel costs.
Fuel dumping is one of the more arcane arts of travel hacking; it involves configurations of flight legs which cause the fuel surcharges normally associated with an itinerary to «drop off,» leave only the (usually much lower) base fare in pl
Fuel dumping is one of the more arcane arts of travel hacking; it involves configurations of flight legs which cause the
fuel surcharges normally associated with an itinerary to «drop off,» leave only the (usually much lower) base fare in pl
fuel surcharges normally associated with an itinerary to «
drop off,» leave only the (usually much lower) base fare in place.
If I really wanted to avoid
fuel surcharges on an award then the
drop in points when I transfer from Singapore Airlines to Virgin Australia might make sense in some circumstances where Singapore imposed high
fuel surcharges.
You'll also notice I call them «carrier - imposed
surcharges» rather than «
fuel surcharges» since
fuel prices have
dropped and the rationale for these
surcharges disappeared.
Or, you could look a the
fuel surcharges that are slowly going away, many of which stuck around months, if not years after
fuel prices
dropped off of their highs.
The main portion of the taxes and fees that is controllable is the YQ, currently titled «carrier
surcharge» (it was formerly called «
fuel surcharge» but did not come down when
fuel prices
dropped).