Lufthansa, Singapore Airlines, British Airways, and ANA almost always
impose fuel surcharges on award tickets booked with their miles.
United Airlines does not
impose fuel surcharges on any award tickets.
With Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Australia, things get more expensive because many foreign carriers
impose fuel surcharges on award tickets.
ANA Mileage Club does not allow one - way awards and
imposes fuel surcharges on award tickets.
British Airways is being sued by a group of flyers for
imposing fuel surcharges on award tickets.
-LSB-...] 2013, a group of Executive Club members brought a lawsuit against British Airways for
imposing fuel surcharges on award tickets.
Not exact matches
It's important to note that some airlines
impose ridiculously high
fuel surcharges on award tickets.
It's important to note that some airlines
impose ridiculously high
fuel surcharges on award tickets.
You will usually have to pay a small amount in taxes and fees although some foreign carriers
impose hundreds of dollars in
fuel surcharges on award tickets.
In addition, some programs
impose such high
fuel surcharges on award tickets, in which case you may be better off using dollars rather than miles (I'm looking at you, British Airways).
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.
Furthermore, it's main European partner British Airways
imposes massive
fuel surcharges on awards that often approach or even exceed the cost of discounted
ticket paid with cash.
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.