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.
Not exact matches
Vendors may agree to discounts
on published
fuel rates but then assess
fuel surcharges to
make up for the discount, he notes.
Additionally, the first class and business class experiences
on partner airlines (with low
fuel surcharges)
make United MileagePlus miles some of the best redemptions out there.
The large cost of these
fuel surcharges is not reflected in the average point value, and tends to put a significant dent in the overall savings you
make on rewards flights.
We got the British Airways Signature Card a while back and used it to fly to Europe (
making sure to book flights
on AA to avoid the high
fuel surcharges, per your recommendation).
The
fuel surcharge, which can
make up a large part of the «taxes, fees and
surcharges» is levied
on flights operated by Air Canada (among other airlines).
Aeroplan adds very high taxes and
fuel surcharges to redemptions
on Air Canada flights
making Aeroplan miles worth less than 1 cent for most popular routes.
Avios partners with Alaska Airlines and American Airlines,
making it easy to redeem your Avios points
on any of these carriers for flights in North America without paying
fuel surcharges.
Knowing who charges
fuel surcharges on award tickets can
make a huge difference in the cash portion of your award ticket.
When you run your search
on ANA's site,
make sure you choose flights that are operated by United Airlines, since many other Star Alliance partners will require you to pay significant
fuel surcharges.
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.
Airlines have,
on the whole, been terrible at
making an effort to continue the pretence that
fuel surcharges and the cost of...
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.
Richmond, BC — Pacific Coastal Airlines is implementing a
fuel surcharge for all bookings
made or changed
on or after Monday, February 19, 2018.
No matter where you fly to or whose planes you fly
on, United won't charge a
fuel surcharge on the award,
making it ideal for overseas trips.
Most of the rest of the Membership Rewards airline partners (such as Air France, ANA, Aeroplan) charge stupid
fuel surcharges on most of their flights, which
makes them mostly useless for those of us who are so cheap that we don't even want to pay a few hundred dollars for a premium redemption.
Once Air Passenger Duty, currently # 40 a flight,
fuel surcharges and airport taxes are levied, airlines are
making little over # 10
on the cheapest seats.
Additionally, the first class and business class experiences
on partner airlines (with low
fuel surcharges)
make United MileagePlus miles some of the best redemptions out there.
Despite all this effort, it can
make sense to accumulate and redeem miles with different programs
on the basis of
fuel surcharges.
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.
Cathay Pacific will
make you pay
fuel surcharges on many airlines.
Welcome to the land of
fuel surcharges, the airlines new favorite way to
make money
on award travelers.
We got the British Airways Signature Card a while back and used it to fly to Europe (
making sure to book flights
on AA to avoid the high
fuel surcharges, per your recommendation).
Instead British Airways is collecting
fuel surcharges on almost all awards,
making those awards very poor values.
Brazil
made fuel surcharges on award tickets illegal.
Hopefully that change doesn't also get matched by the British Airways version of the program, especially since you can move points from Iberia to BA to
make those redemptions with the arbitrage then saving
on fuel surcharges (just as the reverse version of arbitrage can be used to save
on fuel surcharges when redeeming for Iberia flights).
They also impose
fuel surcharges on awards, which
makes them less attractive.
A lot of people really appreciated my Master Chart of Avoiding
Fuel Surcharges, so I decided to
make a chart that's a resource for which airlines can be searched
on which sites.
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 Su
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
SurchargesSurcharges).
It differs greatly from what you were used to with Star (starting with the insane
fuel surcharges on British Airways, which
makes getting to Europe much more difficult, and Africa basically impossible without
surcharges).
Still, if you want to use those miles
make sure you redeem
on an airline that doesn't pass
on fuel surcharges.
The large cost of these
fuel surcharges is not reflected in the average point value, and tends to put a significant dent in the overall savings you
make on rewards flights.
Fuel surcharges are another story, as they
make up the bulk of the money charged
on award tickets.
@secstate: Using AA miles
on partners is definitely the way to go, though the
fuel surcharges on BA
makes that hard.
The major drawback is that AA miles have a
fuel surcharge on them when you fly
on British Airways, which
makes it very difficult to use them to fly to Europe.
It's a little convoluted so I will definitely need to
make a separate post, but there is a way to save money
on fuel surcharges and still use British Airways Avios for flights to and from Europe.
The
fuel surcharges on British Airways flights
make it worth so little that there are many better ways to spend $ 30,000 across other credit cards for better rewards.
The plaintiffs
made claims regarding the way
fuel surcharges appear
on a passenger ticket receipt.