They also
impose fuel surcharges on awards, which makes them less attractive.
They do
impose fuel surcharges on awards.
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.
Singapore Airlines no longer
imposes fuel surcharges on awards booked on its own flights the total taxes and fees won't be steep.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
Keep in mind that Virgin Atlantic
imposes rather high
fuel surcharges on its
award flights, and you will also be subject to the high government and airport taxes when flying through the U.K.
The only silver lining in this whole massacre is that United has not
imposed any
fuel surcharges on Star Alliance partner
award flights.
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.
As a comparison, if you were to use AAdvantage miles
on American Airlines (an airline that does not
impose fuel surcharges) these would be the costs (Using MileSAAver
Awards):
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.
If I really wanted to avoid
fuel surcharges on an
award then the drop in points when I transfer from Singapore Airlines to Virgin Australia might make sense in some circumstances where Singapore
imposed high
fuel surcharges.
Yesterday we noted that Delta began
imposing massive
fuel surcharges on Virgin Atlantic
awards.
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).
Call in to test whether SYD - AKL has
fuel surcharges imposed on Avios
awards.
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.
This should work for Aeroplan
awards on all Star Alliance partner carriers, and is a nice way to at least fly some airlines that ordinarily
impose fuel surcharges without paying the total amount.
Like the British Airways Executive Club program, Iberia Plus
imposes similar
fuel surcharges to partner
award flights, but it charges substantially less for
awards on flights that it operates (though still some that can be hundreds of dollars
on transatlantic flights).
The other negative here is that Delta
imposes fuel surcharges for travel
on V Australia, so expect to pay somewhere around $ 400 for the
award.
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.
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.
British Airways
imposes steep transatlantic
fuel surcharges if you book an
award flight
on one of their own flights.
Adding to the value of its
awards, the airline doesn't typically
impose fuel surcharges on its own 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.