The most important of those advantages is that US airlines don't typically charge
fuel surcharges on award tickets booked on their own flights, and often don't pass along their partners» fuel surcharges.
Lufthansa, Singapore Airlines, British Airways, and ANA almost always impose
fuel surcharges on award tickets booked with their miles.
Not exact matches
Unlike using Korean Air SkyPass to
book award tickets on Delta to London, you won't get hit with high
fuel surcharges.
Expect to pay ~ $ 400 in
fuel surcharges and taxes per long - haul segment
on award bookings, but that's still cheaper than paying for a business or first class
ticket.
Hot Tip: Singapore Airlines does pass
on fuel surcharges when
booking award tickets.
Air Canada, Air China, Air New Zealand, Turkish Airlines, and United Airlines do not pass
on exorbitant
fuel surcharges to
award tickets, so I recommend
booking flights operated by those airlines if possible.
They don't pass
on fuel surcharges to
award tickets, and you can use United miles to
book award flights with their Star Alliance partners (the largest airline alliance in the... read more
It was much cheaper to fly in Singapore Airlines but they recently eliminated their 15 % online
booking discount and also increased the price of
award tickets to many destinations, although they eliminated
fuel surcharges on their own
awards.
They never charge
fuel surcharges, they allow free date changes, they have very flexible routing rules, they allow one - way
awards for half the mileage, they have a short - haul
award for 20,000 miles, they allow for a stopover and an open - jaw so that you can really maximize an
award trip into multiple free trips, they have an around - the - world
award to visit tons of cities
on one
award ticket, and they have dozens of partners to fly
on, most of which can be
booked on their website.
Award tickets booked with FlyingBlue but operated by Delta do not have
fuel surcharges on transatlantic flights.
Considering the fact that United does not pass
on carrier imposed
fuel surcharges for
award tickets even
on partners, some people prefer to
book partners such as Lufthansa with United miles to avoid these charges, even though 70,000 miles is higher than other programs would charge for that flight in business class.