How to avoid airline surcharges | Coffee Break Ep102 | 4-21-26

(00:00) - 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. (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 miles (03:50) - Rove miles (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 (16:22) - SAS (17:39) - Airlines that don't charge surcharges in the first place Visit https://frequentmiler.com/subscribe to get updated on in-depth points and miles content like this, and don’t forget to like and follow us on social media. Music Credit – Beach Walk by Unicorn Heads