Award Fees Roundup

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Notes:
-Fees are per passenger and apply for one-way and round-trip awards (Delta and USAirways do not have one-way awards).
-Airlines charge a phone fee for award tickets. However United and USAirways will typically waive this fee upon request if it can’t be booked online. Delta agents can hold a reservation and then you can book it online without a fee. American typically won’t waive their $25 phone fee.
-Elite fee waivers are based on the passenger’s account redeeming the miles, not the traveler’s account.
-Post a comment if you catch any mistakes!

Airline: Booking within 21 days of departure fee.Date change or change to connecting cities fee.Change of airline fee.Change to origin or destination city fee:Award cancellation and mileage redeposit fee:Fuel Surcharges
AA-$75.

-$0 for elites.
-$0 except for a $75 fee to change to a flight within 21 days of the original ticketing date for non-elites.

-$0 for elites.
-$0 except for a $75 fee to change to a flight within 21 days of the original ticketing date for non-elites.

-$0 for elites.
-$150

-$0 for AAnytime AAwards

-$0 for Executive Platinum.
-$150 for the first passenger.

-$25 for additional passengers or for additional mileage tickets redeposited at the same time.

-$0 for Executive Platinum.
-Collects a fuel surcharge for travel on British Airways ($$$) and Iberia ($).
Delta-$0-$150

-$0 for Platinum elite or higher.

-No changes allowed within 72 hours of departure.
-$150

-$0 for Platinum elite or higher.

-No changes allowed within 72 hours of departure.
-$150

-$0 for Platinum elite or higher.

-No changes allowed within 72 hours of departure.
-$150

-$0 for Platinum elite or higher.

-No cancellations allowed within 72 hours of departure.
-Collects a fuel surcharge for flights on select partner airlines and for all flights originating in select regions such as Europe.
United-$75 for non-elites.

-$50 for Silver.

-$25 for Gold.

-$0 for Platinum elite or higher.

-$0 for United Club credit cardholders.
-$0 except for a $75 fee to change to a new flight within 21 days of the day the change is made for non-elites

-$50 for Silver within 21 days.

-$25 for Gold within 21 days.

-$0 for Platinum elite or higher.
-$75 for non-elites.

-$50 for Silver.

-$25 for Gold.

-$0 for Platinum elite or higher.
-$75 for non-elites

-$50 for Silver.

-$25 for Gold.

-$0 for Platinum elite or higher.
-$150 for non-elites.

-$125 for Silver.

-$100 for Gold.

-$0 for Platinum elite or higher.
-None.
USAirways-$75.

-$0 for Gold elite or higher.
-$150

-$0 for Chairman’s Preferred.

-No changes are allowed once travel has begun on partner airline itineraries.
-$150

-$0 for Chairman’s Preferred

-No changes are allowed once travel has begun on partner airline itineraries.
-$150

-$0 for Chairman’s Preferred

-No changes are allowed once travel has begun on partner airline itineraries.
-$150

-$0 for Chairman’s Preferred
-Collects a $25-$50 "award processing fee" for non-elites and Silver elites on all awards.

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4 Comments On "Award Fees Roundup"

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sky121

Thanks for the post Dan- helpful as always.

reuven

according to a few reps and some reports i saw on FT, AA charges a 150 fee for changing an award itin if it means changing btw a OW carrier and partner

Jay

dan,
To book an award ticket with AA and a partner airline (using aa miles & making three stops) can you reserve it online and then call or do recommend doing it all online or all on the phone ?

MOMO613

Dan, Thanks for all these thorough detailed lists. I would appreciate if you could make a chart like this regarding different airlines open jaw and free stopover policies for different types of tickets (domestic, europe, asia, etc.). I think it will clear up a lot of confusion and open people up to the really great potential of mileage redemptions! Thanks!

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