Sentences with phrase «in fuel surcharges on award»

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.

Not exact matches

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.

Using a Star Alliance partner award, anywhere in North America to Hawaii on United is 17,500 miles each way for economy class or 30,000 miles each way for first class (on a two - cabin plane) with no fuel surcharges.

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.

A United round - trip ticket in business class will only cost you 88,000 ANA award miles, or 55,000 award miles in economy, and ANA doesn't add fuel surcharges on United flights.

These fees are unavoidable, but pale in comparison to the worst two letters you can ever see on an award ticket: «YQ» which stand for fuel surcharges.

These award redemption rates aren't terrible at the moment but keep in mind, KrisFlyer does add fuel surcharges for award bookings on certain airlines.

Knowing who charges fuel surcharges on award tickets can make a huge difference in the cash portion of your award ticket.

The good news in this announcement is that Singapore Airlines has decided to drop all fuel and insurance surcharges from their award redemptions, which should save you quite a bit of cash if you plan to redeem your miles on or after March 23.

British Airways — the largest airline in the United Kingdom — is notorious for charging large fuel surcharges for their flights across the Atlantic and offering scanty awards seats on their own flights.

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.

In addition, it is eliminating the 15 % online booking discount it has offered on award bookings and upgrades made through its website or app, and it is raising the number of miles required for Saver Awards, although the increase is relatively modest and likely to be more than offset by the elimination of the fuel surcharges.

British Airways is one of the worst offenders in the airline industry for charging high fuel surcharges (also called carrier charges) on award bookings.

The Virgin Atlantic Flying Club program isn't that great either since they charge heavy taxes and fuel surcharges on award tickets (100K points plus ~ $ 1,300 in taxes from LAX to LHR round trip Upper Class).

The only silver lining in this whole massacre is that United has not imposed any fuel surcharges on Star Alliance partner award flights.

Virgin Atlantic has great award redemption values for flights between the U.S. (especially Eastern U.S.) and Europe in both classes, economy and business, although outrageous Heathrow Airport fees and fuel surcharges in Upper Class make business class TY redemptions on Virgin a less attractive option.

As with the cuts in January, the biggest drop in fuel surcharges (25 %) will occur on economy awards booked to / from the US resulting in an expected decrease in the surcharges of up to $ 140.

However, keep in mind that Flying Blue does have higher than average fuel surcharges, which you'll want to watch out for especially on those business class awards.

Plus, Iberia usually has good availability far in advance, and unlike it's Avios cousin British Airways, they don't tack on enormous fuel surcharges on their awards.

Both loyalty currencies cost around the same in the promotions but with MileagePlus miles you can avoid paying fuel surcharges when using them on United and a number of other airlines and, on top of that, you can purchase long - haul premium cabin awards on United for fewer miles than you can on British Airways.

Singapore Airlines has announced some significant changes to the cost of its awards and, in an attempt to soften the blow of the award chart devaluation, it has also announced that it will no longer levy fuel surcharges on award bookings.

British Airways collects fuel surcharges (sometimes renamed «carrier surcharges») on all award travel and also requires a lot of Avios for long - haul awards in business and first class.

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

That's a great value for a tough award, and much cheaper than paying hundreds of dollars in fuel surcharges on British Airways.

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.

I did have to pay about $ 295 in taxes / fees / fuel surcharges on my Air Canada award since the fuel surcharge was about $ 211.

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.

Though United has majorly devalued its award chart, the fact that it doesn't charge or pass on fuel surcharges makes MileagePlus miles one of the best ways to book many highly desirable airlines and premium cabins that would otherwise require at least $ 500 in fees.

However, If you are considering accumulating miles for this promotion, keep in mind that Singapore Airlines charges fuel surcharges on award tickets and this promotion is valid for only saver economy awards on select routes.

An award flight on most European airlines like Lufthansa, Austrian, Brussels and others would normally cost you hundreds of dollars in fuel surcharges, but with United miles all you will be charged are airport taxes and fees.

Awards on Singapore Airlines and / or SilkAir will now cost more in miles, but less in cash due to the removal of fuel surcharges.

Do keep in mind fuel surcharges apply on these awards so do the math to see if it's a good deal.

This post is the first in a series that tries to re-evaluate the ANA Mileage Club program in light of two major events — the recent AA award chart devaluation and ANA dumping its fuel surcharges on April 1.

Previously, you would earn significantly fewer miles if your cash ticket was in a low fare class, but Flying Club members now earn 100 percent miles on all tickets, and all awards have fuel surcharges several hundred dollars lower on economy class award tickets.

That represents a 25 - 33 % increase in costs for what were already the most expensive awards, and British Airways is STILL collecting fuel surcharges on these tickets.

The most valuable partners in my opinion are United (which never charges fuel surcharges, allows free date changes, has flexible routing rules, allows one - way awards, and has dozens of partners to fly on) and Hyatt (where you can stay in incredible hotels that charge $ 1,000 per night with awards as low as 5K and up to a maximum of only 22K points per night).

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 AirwaysIn 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 Airwaysin which case you may be better off using dollars rather than miles (I'm looking at you, British Airways).

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.

Then in 2011 Aeroplan announced a huge award chart devaluation, which was quickly followed by them adding fuel surcharges for travel on most Star Alliance partner carriers without advance notice.

Call in to test whether SYD - AKL has fuel surcharges imposed on Avios awards.

Given the high fuel surcharges on British Airways, the main other competing product for first class that actually offers award availability, Lufthansa first class remains the one to beat in terms of overall value, when it comes to award bookings to Europe.

Just MHO of course, but Alaska miles are pretty valuable give one - way awards with a stopover, and partners that are in more than one alliance (and not in any alliance) plus no fuel surcharges except on BA.

The fuel surcharges you see in the price of a cash ticket will match the fuel surcharges you have to pay on your British Airways award (even if you're not searching British Airways flights).

When searching for Award space on Delta it seems that Flying Blue is adding fuel surcharges for Delta flights when originating in Europe (example Stuttgart to Atlanta on March, 1st 2016 with surcharges of $ 277.76, where $ 141.00 of that are fuel surcharges).

The changes will go into effect in June, but through the end of the year current award prices (with current fuel surcharges) can continue to be booked on request by phone.

@bobbie thing is i am torn on qantas miles, long haul awards are crazy expensive especially in premium cabins and they add fuel surcharges to awards even when there's no fuel surcharge on the ticket itself (like qantas international flights departing australia).

In addition, the high fuel surcharges often charged on award flights operated by British Airways make these points most valuable when used on partners like American Airlines, US Airways, Alaska Airlines, Aer Lingus, and others (see How to Redeem Avios Without Huge Fees and Susurcharges often charged on award flights operated by British Airways make these points most valuable when used on partners like American Airlines, US Airways, Alaska Airlines, Aer Lingus, and others (see How to Redeem Avios Without Huge Fees and SurchargesSurcharges).

- By having the BA Visa you also get 10 % off paid BA flights with code: CARDOFFERU - If you spend $ 30,000 in a calendar year on the BA Visa you earn a free companion ticket that is good for a free companion award in any class when you redeem your Avios but it is only good for travel on BA or Open Skies operated flights which means you'll be paying fuel surcharges.

Somehow I'll get more Copa miles in the future and redeem them on a solid award chart, with no fuel surcharges, to take advantage of great Star Alliance award space worldwide.

In case there's no award space on American, you can travel on airberlin, Finnair, or Jet Airways without fuel surcharges, or travel on Iberia with minimal fuel surcharges.