paultiffen
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Hi,
I'm looking to travel from NCE in France to SPU in Croatia on Friday 13th September. There are flights available through Lufthansa/Croatian Airlines however these come in at ~650 via Frankfurt. I rang up Singapore to use some miles there for a partner award and the taxes came up to $200! Is this specific to Lufthansa or do some airlines not charge a fuel surcharge for redemption in *A?
Any advice on getting around it? Do other partners not include it for award redemptions for example (thinking US based). The ticket includes a YQ of 86 EUR which kills the value of my points when comparing to paid options of around $250 (that are less convenient).
I'm looking to travel from NCE in France to SPU in Croatia on Friday 13th September. There are flights available through Lufthansa/Croatian Airlines however these come in at ~650 via Frankfurt. I rang up Singapore to use some miles there for a partner award and the taxes came up to $200! Is this specific to Lufthansa or do some airlines not charge a fuel surcharge for redemption in *A?
Any advice on getting around it? Do other partners not include it for award redemptions for example (thinking US based). The ticket includes a YQ of 86 EUR which kills the value of my points when comparing to paid options of around $250 (that are less convenient).
Fare 1: Carrier LH VNC04M0D NCE to FRA (rules) Passenger type ADT, round trip fare, booking code V Covers NCE-FRA (Economy) | €162.00 |
Fare 2: Carrier LH QNC04N0D FRA to SPU (rules) Passenger type ADT, round trip fare, booking code Q Covers FRA-SPU (Economy) | €212.00 |
German Passenger Service Charge (RA) | €19.88 |
(YQ) | €86.00 |
French Aviation Civile Tax (FR) | €4.31 |
French International Passenger Service Charge (QX) | €8.21 |
French Airport Tax (FR) | €9.14 |
French Air Passenger Solidarity Tax (IZ) | €4.00 |
Subtotal per passenger | €505.54 |
Number of passengers | x1 |
TOTAL AIRFARE & TAXES | €505.54 |
- This ticket is non-refundable.
- Changes to this ticket will incur a penalty fee.