Aeroplan isn't as good as it used to be, but can still offer reasonably priced redemptions on excellent carriers through the Star Alliance network — e.g. 55,000
miles without fuel surcharges from the US to Europe on Swiss.
-LSB-...] are good for short, direct, economy awards on
partners without fuel surcharges like airberlin; Niki; and American Airlines, US Airways, and Alaska Airlines within the Americas -LSB-...]
In 2014 Thought Leader from Behind Gary Leff reported that «you can redeem BA
F without fuel surcharges using LAN kilometers.»
Drew at Travel is Free has documented some great
routes without fuel surcharges, and this apparently - abandoned English - language German blog has some additional and some overlapping suggestions.
You can book flights to South
America without any fuel surcharges so these redemptions are cheap with points and fees, making Asiana one of the best ways to get to South America.
1While simple round - trip ANA itineraries are usually priced
correctly without fuel surcharges, some more complex itineraries may still show some erroneous fuel surcharges.
Redeeming 50,000 AAdvantage miles for one - way travel between the US and Europe in American's new business class
product without fuel surcharges is an absolute bargain.
The main flight of the itinerary was this one, New York to Düsseldorf on AirBerlin, which allowed me to use my American Airlines
miles without any fuel surcharges and be guaranteed a flat - bed seat.
Avios can be transferred directly to an Iberia account to fly to / from Europe without fuel surcharges
Both BA and AA are in the OneWorld Alliance and you can use those miles to fly on South American partner LAN (
without fuel surcharges with Avios).
I was potentially limiting my ability to upgrade to Lufthansa First close - in without change fees and
without fuel surcharges.
Because booking a Lufthansa award with Aeroplan miles
without fuel surcharges isn't generally possible.
You can use United miles to redeem with any Star Alliance partner just like you would on United itself, and
without any fuel surcharges.
Use Singapore miles on a premium class domestic award ticket on United (including Alaska)
without fuel surcharges.
Flights to Hawaii or Mexico are just 30,000 miles in economy, or 60,000 in first, and that's
without any fuel surcharges.
Flyers can once again book Virgin Atlantic awards
without the fuel surcharges.
That does reduce the number of options to Europe and onward to Asia (
without fuel surcharges), but you do have some choices there.
But using Avios for flights within Australia (on Qantas) are
without fuel surcharges.
For those of you who like to use your miles for economy travel,
without fuel surcharges, and visit Asia this is a good sale.
Of course, I said it was no big deal since the best Avios awards are short, direct, economy redemptions on awards
without fuel surcharges.
For getting to South America, LAN, AA and US Airways provide a number of options,
all without fuel surcharges.