See related: Watch out for fuel
surcharges on reward flights, Unaffiliated travel reward cards give you choices, bonuses
charges ridiculously high
surcharges on reward flights (so much so that most long - haul Economy Class redemptions are terrible value for money).
See related: American, US Airways merger could launch credit card battle, Watch out for fuel
surcharges on reward flights
Not exact matches
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.
In the case of British Airways, looking at its the member airlines of its air alliance, Oneworld, may end up saving you the cost of the fuel
surcharges which British Airways levies
on many
rewards flights.
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.
The flag carrier of Mexico is not a very popular airline for North American frequent flyer aficionados because it usually adds fuel
surcharges to its partners»
rewards flights, and because finding Aeroméxico availability, especially for premium
flights on partners, can be a daunting task.
You can transfer points from Amex Membership
Rewards directly to Skywards, Emirates» loyalty program, but the carrier imposes hefty
surcharges on award
flights.
Virgin is not the best use of
rewards points — adding heavy fuel
surcharges to
flights across the Atlantic — but you may be able to find good values
on domestic
flights with some of Virgin's airline partners.
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.
We already discuss above the pitfalls of booking with British Airways, luckily American Airlines has other European partners that have
reward space
on their
flights to Europe and will impose less expensive
surcharges.
If the
reward upgrade is unavailable on the new flight, the applicable Business Reward Points will be re-credited to Your Account, along with the refund of any taxes and surch
reward upgrade is unavailable
on the new
flight, the applicable Business
Reward Points will be re-credited to Your Account, along with the refund of any taxes and surch
Reward Points will be re-credited to Your Account, along with the refund of any taxes and
surcharges.
But Flying Blue miles are good for getting you to Europe
on Delta
flights with no fuel
surcharges, which is a big plus, since the previous options to book Delta
flights with Ultimate
Rewards were more restrictive.
Furthermore, at the same time, the ClassicFlight
Rewards fuel
surcharges for travel between Canada and other international destinations will be waived for Super Elite 100K members
on flights operated by Air Canada, Air Canada Express and Air Canada rouge.
In the case of British Airways, looking at its the member airlines of its air alliance, Oneworld, may end up saving you the cost of the fuel
surcharges which British Airways levies
on many
rewards flights.
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.
The flag carrier of Mexico is not a very popular airline for North American frequent flyer aficionados because it usually adds fuel
surcharges to its partners»
rewards flights, and because finding Aeroméxico availability, especially for premium
flights on partners, can be a daunting task.
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.
In the past I've transferred to Aeroplan, but since they devalued their award chart and started imposing
surcharges on most partner
flights, I probably won't be transferring to them again, especially when those
flights can be booked more cheaply with United miles earned from Ultimate
Rewards.