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.
Unfortunately, for most destinations not listed above, flying Singapore partners means
paying massive fuel surcharges in addition to high mileage costs.
Virgin Atlantic offers international service and has several partners, but it's award chart requires a lot of miles, it
collects massive fuel surcharges, and it often requires round - trip tickets.
The funny thing is that, to your point, there are
massive fuel surcharges if you actually fly British Airways with these Avios points, so you would NEVER want to use them on British Airways.
However, for any other type of international trips, they'll charge
a massive fuel surcharge and you'll be stuck paying $ 400 +.