1) As I've already mentioned, British Airways charge
fuel surcharges on their awards while American doesn't.
Not exact matches
American partner Qatar Airways offers service to Johannesburg from its hub in Doha, and so long as you fly
on Qatar to Doha as your transatlantic hop, it's possible to book an
award at this same mileage amount
while avoiding almost all
fuel surcharges and fees.
American also doesn't impose
fuel surcharges for most
awards (flights
on British Airways are a notable exception),
while British Airways will levy
fuel surcharges on most international
awards.
While redeeming miles
on British Airways flights carries mighty
fuel surcharges, there is a lot more opportunity for finding
award space.
On the flip side, Asiana passes along fuel surcharges on most partner award flights, while United generally doesn'
On the flip side, Asiana passes along
fuel surcharges on most partner award flights, while United generally doesn'
on most partner
award flights,
while United generally doesn't.
The Aeroflot
fuel surcharge runs about $ 250 per roundtrip,
while an
award ticket
on Air Europa will cost you around $ 540.
I couldn't care less about the Air Canada reward chart, because Aeroplan imposes
fuel surcharges for
awards tickets
on Air Canada,
while they don't for
award tickets
on their Star Alliance partners.
While this is a lot of miles, consider that United never imposes
fuel surcharges on its
awards, which can save you a few hundred dollars.
However, most ThankYou Points partners impose
fuel surcharges on nearly every
award,
while American Airlines miles impose
fuel surcharges only
on British Airways and Iberia
award flights.
And
while there may be some
fuel surcharges on international
awards booked with Miles & More, there are no
fuel surcharges to worry about
on domestic United flights.