So you've decided to redeem a J award ticket across an ocean. Your choice is either to

1) Fly direct on AC and get hit with hundreds of dollars of fuel surcharge
2) Fly direct on LH and get the worst J seat in the industry, on an overnight flight
3) Double connect through Canada and fly LX.


At what point is the fuel surcharge too much? My pain point is $200 per direction...after that, I'll settle for the LH seat instead of the pod.