Where these fees come out into the open and cause miles collectors to get remarkably annoyed is when it comes to award travel — a lot of
airlines add fuel surcharges to award tickets.
These award redemption rates aren't terrible at the moment but keep in mind, KrisFlyer does
add fuel surcharges for award bookings on certain airlines.
Unless you can find an award seat on Delta or Korean Air, it's best to avoid booking through SkyTeam since
Delta adds fuel surcharges to most of its other partners.
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.
However, almost all foreign airlines
now add fuel surcharges to their flights, and Asiana's are relatively moderate and not unreasonable, considering its superior product and services.
First,
UNP adds a fuel surcharge to all freight it transports and high oil prices lead to extra fuel surcharges boosting UNP's bottom line.
Virgin Atlantic which runs Flying
Club adds fuel surcharges to most of its partners except: Cyprus Airways, Delta (other than originating in Europe), Hawaiian Airlines, Virgin America and Virgin Australia.
Korean
Skypass adds fuel surcharges to Delta flights to Europe, and Virgin Atlantic Flying Club is hit or miss when it comes to adding connections to your flights without charging more.
I fear all the legacies will be going to a revenue - based system in the coming years and MileagePlus will one
day add fuel surcharges to redemptions, but right now United's award charts, Star Alliance partners, generous routing rules, lack of fuel surcharges, and ability to quickly and easily book more award travel online makes it a program much better than even AAdvantage in terms of award redemption.
But British
Airways adds fuel surcharges, award availability with Qatar can be a challenge, especially in premium cabins in the near future.
But for frequent flyers they are a pain because some airlines — most notably European and Asian frequent flyer programs, but also a handful of North American programs (Aeroplan on about half of its Star Alliance partners, American predominantly on British Airways, and Delta on several partners)--
add fuel surcharges onto award tickets.
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 does
n't add fuel surcharges on United 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.
Air
Canada adds fuel surcharges to most of their own flights and many of their partners», such as: Adria, Air Canada, Asiana, Egypt Air, Ethiopia, LOT, Lufthansa, TAP and Thai.
«Over the past several years there has been a significant increase in the cost of aviation fuel and we are
now adding a fuel surcharge to cover this unanticipated increase.»
In addition to the roughly $ 120 you'll pay in various taxes airport fees,
Delta adds a fuel surcharge to flights originating in Europe.
Granted, British is much more competitive in Europe, since they do not
add fuel surcharges on their intra-Europe flights, but they are terrible for crossing the pond.