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.
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.
Knowing who charges
fuel surcharges on award tickets can make a huge difference
in the cash portion of your
award ticket.
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).
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
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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.
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.
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.
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
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
in which case you may be better off using dollars rather than miles (I'm looking at you, British Airways).
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).
@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).
- 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.
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.