Keep in mind that Delta does collect additional carrier
surcharges if you book travel that originates in Europe.
Not exact matches
You will pay more, however, since there is typically a $ 900 carrier
surcharge for round - trip
travel when using Miles & More, but it actually requires fewer miles than
if you had
booked through United MileagePlus.
Awards
booked through American Airlines using AAdvantage Miles don't come with
surcharges... but that's not the case
if you plan to use the miles for
travel on a number of American's airline partners — make sure you factor in these
surcharges when working out just how good a deal an award
booking is.
Domestic flights within the U.S. don't have any fuel
surcharges, so you don't have to worry about this
if you use Miles & More to
book travel within the United States.
But the airline's
booking policy is important to know about
if you're
traveling to Europe, since it adds fuel
surcharges to one - way flights that originate there.
And even
if you're one of those people that would only ever
book an award flight, the premium from
booking a pure award flight to this upgrade isn't much considering the large taxes and fuel
surcharges on BA award
travel.
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.
If a flight is 50,000 miles and $ 500 in
surcharges, then that's a 100,000 mile redemption in my
book when it comes to comparing the award ticket (which truthfully should be called «maybe somewhat discounted rate ticket») to other programs or to paid
travel.
Aeroplan is best on the airlines for which they can
book travel without a fuel
surcharge (See *)
if you only have AMEX points.