Not to mention you'll be responsible for taxes, fees, and
fuel surcharges on award redemptions.
British Midland does impose
fuel surcharges on award redemptions, so if you booked for travel on United or Continental, you'll pay around $ 350 in fuel surcharges.
ANA usually imposes
fuel surcharges on award redemptions equal to what the carrier charges, though Etihad doesn't impose fuel surcharges... so neither does ANA!
Not exact matches
Aeroplan
award redemptions are hit with
fuel surcharges (YQ)
on certain flights, including those operated by Air Canada.
Avoid
awards that place you
on British Airways flights unless you want to pay steep
fuel surcharges that add hundreds of dollars to the cost of your
redemption.
Flying back
on British Airways means paying this high exit tax plus
fuel surcharges, so you could be looking at an
award redemption cost well above $ 400.
These
award redemption rates aren't terrible at the moment but keep in mind, KrisFlyer does add
fuel surcharges for
award bookings
on certain airlines.
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.
The best part about these
redemptions is that Hawaiian Airlines doesn't charge exorbitant
fuel surcharges on award tickets.
The flag carrier, whose hub is at Singapore Changi Airport, said it will eliminate
fuel surcharges on all Singapore and SilkAir
award redemptions.
During the financial crisis when airlines weren't doing well, they introduced additional fees
on award redemptions called
fuel surcharges.
Aeroplan is great because you can book one way
awards, avoid
fuel surcharges on airlines like United and Singapore Airlines, they have one of the best search engines (although it can be a bit slow), and a lot of their
redemption rates for business class are pretty reasonable.
Virgin Atlantic has great
award redemption values for flights between the U.S. (especially Eastern U.S.) and Europe in both classes, economy and business, although outrageous Heathrow Airport fees and
fuel surcharges in Upper Class make business class TY
redemptions on Virgin a less attractive option.
It's not very well known to a lot of travelers but it offers some of the best
redemptions to South America
on Star Alliance partners and you can book those
awards with no
fuel surcharges.
For instance, foreign airlines routinely add «
fuel surcharges»
on award redemptions that more than cover the additional cost of higher
fuel prices.
Fuel and insurance
surcharges from all
redemption award tickets
on Singapore Airlines and SilkAir operated flights will be removed.
British Airways collects
fuel surcharges on almost all
award redemptions.
Flying Blue also allows a stopover and open jaw routing
on roundtrip
awards, so even if you have to pay
fuel surcharges, you may be able to get well more than the standard 1 cent per point or less that Citi gives for ThankYou point
redemptions.
People love Aeroplan because they offer some pretty great
redemption options (90,000 miles for business class to Europe, though they've recently changed their
award chart to be less valuable)-- see here for details, and they love ANA because with their distance - based rewards you can get some great values (63,000 ANA miles for a business class ticket
on Virgin to London which until recently did not require Virgin's outrageous
fuel surcharges).
Pros: The ability buy miles cheaply and price out
awards combining both miles and cash based
on your needs, no
fuel surcharges even
on premium tickets, relatively low
redemption rates for many
awards.