Originally Posted by
Tiki
I'm happy to see the OW awards on partners (wish they would have done this last month).
I know you don't get the 15% online booking discount but are the fuel surcharges as bad on partners as they are on SQ? I currently have BCN-SIN-BNE booked for next Sept but I am really travelling from Morocco (RAK or CMN) but need a cheapie seat to BCN. It would be much nicer to go on LH from CMN-FRA-SIN/BKK-BNE. I know I would have to pay the cancellation fee.
***Two people one way Y class***
Miles were 80750 plus about $500 in AUD in taxes. plus about $200 for Easyjet or similar.
New routing would be 90000 plus whatever taxes plus fees.
Redeposit miles of completely unused tickets (subject to validity of miles) online 3,000 $30
It could be worth it if the partner's surcharges are cheaper. I would probably pay the cash rather than the miles as it's hard for me to accumulate miles. I got these miles from a botched Amex promo last year.
I haven't checked specifically for your routing, but LH is not one of the "low fuel surcharge" airlines. There probably will be some difference but not likely to be big and could even be higher.