Airline fuel surcharges are going up! We’ve recently seen Air France KLM Flying Blue and Virgin Atlantic increase surcharges on their awards and it’s looking like a trend. In this podcast episode, we’ll talk about the different ways you can avoid them.
How to avoid airline surcharges
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(01:50) – Booking with an alliance partner that doesn’t pass along surcharges
(02:03) – Air France KLM Flying Blue booked with Virgin Atlantic or Japan Airline Mileage Bank miles
Learn more about going to Europe starting on Air France or KLM Business Class using Virgin Atlantic points here
Learn more about Air France without surcharges via Japan Airline Mileage Bank miles here
(03:50) – Rove miles
Learn more about using Rove miles here
(06:52) – Lufthansa booked through other Star Alliance partners
(07:29) – One World is tricky…
(11:26) – What can you do about high taxes coming back from the UK?
(12:33) – For travel to and from Europe, consider JetBlue’s flights booked through Qatar Avios
Learn about booking JetBlue with Qatar Avios here
(16:22) – SAS
(17:39) – Airlines that don’t charge surcharges in the first place
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