Originally Posted by
JSteele
Does anyone know what the current fuel surcharges are for the DEN-LHR-TLV route in WT+ and CW? Do lap children pay them?
I did a dummy booking for an adult redemption DEN-LHR-TLV next year with no stopover in LHR (otherwise that would increase the charges) and it comes up as 97,500 miles return plus taxes and charges of a little over 700 USD per adult. In CW it's 130,000 miles plus about 830 USD taxes and charges per adult.
It's certainly true that reward premium tickets are nothing like free. But you are getting fully flexible tickets that you can change for no fee, and are refundable (you get all miles and taxes and charges back if you cancel). Effectively, you are paying a little less than the cheapest discount inflexible economy fare for fully flexible CW.
IMHO it isn't worth the small saving to travel WT+ unless you are really short of miles.