This is especially true if you'd be required to pay high
surcharges on a business class fare.
Not exact matches
The tax breaks, targeted for
businesses and the middle
class, include a phase out of a
surcharge on utilities, and the distribution of $ 350 dollar checks, starting next year to every family with children up to the age of 18.
This is especially frustrating for
business class and first
class award tickets, and even worse if you book
on an airline that hits you with steep carrier - imposed
surcharges (such as British Airways).
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 better deals with a fee tend to be Southwest 50K to get started
on Companion Pass, Virgin Atlantic 70 - 90k (gets you Delta
Business Class across the Atlantic with no
surcharges), and the Club Carlson Premier or Hyatt Visa deals.
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.
At time of publication all reward flights and travel together tickets are subject to fuel
surcharges, taxes & fees of approximately $ 650 per person in economy or $ 1,100 in
business class based
on travel from New York to London.
Based
on a recent search, the fuel
surcharges will be ~ $ 230 for both economy and
business class round - trip flights
Based
on a recent search,
business class surcharges are ~ $ 394, while economy
surcharges are $ 270.
If you are going to use the points
on a British Airways flight, know that you will be paying high fuel
surcharges: $ 650 - $ 1250 for economy and $ 1250 for
business class.
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.
If you want to avoid the high
surcharges, you can fly
on Delta with Virgin Atlantic miles in
business class for 90,000 miles round - trip.
While the card isn't that great for getting to Europe because of fuel
surcharges, it is the best card for traveling domestically in premium cabins (17K miles one - way
Business Class on United Premier Service flights).
I wasn't able to pull up an all
business class United flight
on ANA's website but the total fees for such a flight shouldn't be unreasonable since there shouldn't be
surcharges.
Aeroplan is great because you can book one way awards, avoid fuel
surcharges on airlines like United and Singapore Airlines, they have one of the best search engines (although it can be a bit slow), and a lot of their redemption rates for
business class are pretty reasonable.
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 op
Class make
business class TY redemptions on Virgin a less attractive op
class TY redemptions
on Virgin a less attractive option.
Award flight tip *: Round - trip
business class awards from the US - Europe cost 88,000 miles, just beware of high fuel
surcharges on some partners.
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.
If you're happy to pay exorbitant
surcharges on awards you can use your AAdvantage miles to book British Airways
Business Class and First
Class awards... but then you're simply overpaying for products that are considerably worse than what we have come to expect
on premium airlines.
You may notice that the
business class flight does not decrease by the entire amount of the U.K. Air Passenger Duty — this is because there are 2 flights
on British Airways with this award, so there are added carrier - imposed
surcharges.
Buying miles is often cheaper than booking a long - haul
business class award, especially since United does not collect fuel
surcharges on any of its awards.
For example, use United Airlines miles to book an award with no fuel
surcharges, or book an airline that doesn't pass through London so you can avoid the high passenger duty
on business and first
class travel.
However,
business class international tickets can offer good value
on partner airlines where
surcharges are much lower.
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.
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.
Flying Blue does assess fuel
surcharges on award flights, however the highest we've seen is around $ 250 for a
business class flight to Europe.
Less than $ 200 in
surcharges on a great
Business Class award is fantastic and not something that should be putting anyone off.
Flying Blue does assess fuel
surcharges on award flights, however the highest I've seen is around $ 250 for a
business class flight to Europe.
A US domestic round - trip in
Business class on United: MileagePlus would leave you 5,400 miles short, while Miles and More only requires 35,000 miles, with no fuel
surcharge on United.
Round - trip
business class tickets to Brazil, Chile or Argentina
on TAM are only 80,000 miles with no fuel
surcharges.
And if you find a United
business class flight from a not - too - greedy airport in Europe, you will save
on taxes and fuel
surcharges.
Also during the low season, roundtrip flights
on ANA to other countries in Asia are 45,000 miles in economy and 80,000 miles in
business class with a $ 61 fuel
surcharge.
We looked at a
business class booking from LAX to EDI this summer that had
surcharges of ~ $ 2,500
on the BA website when using Avios.
Surcharges can add hundreds of dollars to a ticket, to the point where I'd rather just pay cash when
business class goes
on sale.
Surcharges on business and first class tickets can be approximately the price of a coach ticket, and there are even cases where the fuel surcharges on a coach ticket can approach or exceed its c
Surcharges on business and first
class tickets can be approximately the price of a coach ticket, and there are even cases where the fuel
surcharges on a coach ticket can approach or exceed its c
surcharges on a coach ticket can approach or exceed its cash price.
Delta SkyMiles options are generally
on China Eastern via Shanghai with a few hundred dollars in fuel
surcharges, but with really nice
Business Class seats if you catch one of their new 777 - 300 aircraft.
Most transatlantic
business class awards are
on British Airways, which imposes huge carrier imposed
surcharges on such tickets
People love Aeroplan because they offer some pretty great redemption options (90,000 miles for
business class to Europe, though they've recently changed their award chart to be less valuable)-- see here for details, and they love ANA because with their distance - based rewards you can get some great values (63,000 ANA miles for a
business class ticket
on Virgin to London which until recently did not require Virgin's outrageous fuel
surcharges).
OneWorld: - For OneWorld travel, transfer points (from 40K) to JAL (fuel
surcharges apply except
on American)- For Air Berlin travel, transfer points (from 48K) to BA (no fuel
surcharges)- For OneWorld travel, transfer points (from 64K) to American (no fuel
surcharges except
on BA)- For BA travel transfer points to LAN (from 53.3 K)(no fuel
surcharges)- For
business class travel transfer points (From 64K) to JAL (fuel
surcharges apply except
on American)
Star Alliance: - For Star Alliance travel, transfer points (from 48K) to Aegean (fuel
surcharges apply except
on Air Canada and United)- For Star Alliance travel with lap children, transfer points (from 64K) to Air Canada (fuel
surcharges on select carriers)- For travel
on Singapore
business or first
class via Frankfurt, transfer points (from 92K) to Singapore (fuel
surcharges apply)- For travel
on Lufthansa or Swiss
business or first
class via Frankfurt, transfer points (from 84K) to Lufthansa (fuel
surcharges apply)- For other
business class travel transfer points (From 72.2 K) to Aegean (fuel
surcharges apply except
on Air Canada and United)- For first
class travel transfer points (From 96K) to Aegean (fuel
surcharges apply except
on Air Canada and United)
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.
-LSB-...] valuable because they can book Iberia flights with lower fuel
surcharges and because they offer a lower miles price
on Business Class from the United States to Europe.