But since British Airways
adds huge fuel surcharges to tickets on its own planes going overseas, you need to find a partner of British Airways that flies directly to Dublin from the U.S. And that partner is Aer Lingus.
For one thing, they partner with Virgin Atlantic, and booking with Delta might be the only way to experience this cool, albeit over-hyped airline
without huge fuel surcharges.
Interestingly, British Airways, which
adds huge fuel surcharges to its own flights, doesn't add fuel surcharges to most of its partners.
Travel on most European carriers such as Austrian and Lufthansa will
levy huge fuel surcharges added to the price of your award redemption but travel on Air New Zealand and United Airlines will not.
Flights to Europe from the East Coast can also be cheap in terms of Avios, but British Airways tacks
huge fuel surcharges on its flights.
You shouldn't fly British Airways on long - haul flights due to its high redemption levels and
huge fuel surcharges, but take a look at these 4,500 Avios bargains:
You can also transfer American Express Membership Rewards for free to Emirates» Skywards program, but the airline tacks on
huge fuel surcharges and the costs of its award flights are pretty inflated compared to their partners.
There is also a «free» Annual Companion ticket, but it's only available for flying on Lufthansa, so you need to take into account
a huge fuel surcharge.
While the program has a few sweet spots, it also has
huge fuel surcharges, and with so many alternatives, you might not want to bother.
British Airways adds
huge fuel surcharges to long - haul flights.
The biggest drawback of British Airways program is that it adds
huge fuel surcharges to many of its award flights, particularly long - haul routes.
He lists a bunch of partners who have
huge fuel surcharges on redemptions and argues the following about them...
British Airways levies
a huge fuel surcharge on flights between the U.S. and Europe.
Cathay Pacific adds
huge fuel surcharges to British Airways, substantial surcharges to American, and doesn't allow stopovers on Iberia.
Delta doesn't add fuel surcharges to Virgin Atlantic awards, even though Virgin Atlantic adds
huge fuel surcharges to its own flights.
And British Airways tacks on
huge fuel surcharges on award tickets, even when paying with AA miles.
This makes sense for anyone that would either book a Business Class ticket anyway or who might need to book British Airways flights to London using Avios because of
the huge fuel surcharges.
Avoid booking British Airways across the ocean though as they impose
huge fuel surcharges.
The reason is that if you use Avios or even if you use AAdvantage miles, there are
huge fuel surcharges.
I can not get anything at any time to price without
a huge fuel surcharge.
• British Airways Avios are not good for flying to Europe due to
huge fuel surcharges.
Negatives: • Most award tickets impose
a huge fuel surcharge.
• Some of American's partners such as British Airways impose
huge fuel surcharges.
What I didn't realize was that American Airlines does not fly to Dubai or Istanbul, and the only partner airline with decent availability to these destinations was British Airways, which tacks on
huge fuel surcharges of over $ 1000 roundtrip!