Ethiopian surcharges on award tickets?
Apr 20, 2023, 4:28 pm
#1
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Ethiopian surcharges on award tickets?
According to this article Ethiopian (ET) doesn't surcharge award tickets. Can anyone confirm and maybe provide a link to this published policy?
If the article is correct, can I book an ET award ticket with Turkish Airlines (TK) Miles & Smiles miles and only pay taxes and fees; no carrier imposed fees/surcharges, fuel surcharges, etc.?
If the article is correct, can I book an ET award ticket with Turkish Airlines (TK) Miles & Smiles miles and only pay taxes and fees; no carrier imposed fees/surcharges, fuel surcharges, etc.?
Apr 21, 2023, 3:40 am
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How unfortunate!
Does TK do this with other *A partner airlines' award tickets, like UA or AV as well?
What might I expect in award surcharges:
ET r/t BRU-ADD-HRE in J?
ET o/j BRU-ADD-HRE & BLZ-ADD-BRU in J?
Does TK do this with other *A partner airlines' award tickets, like UA or AV as well?
What might I expect in award surcharges:
ET r/t BRU-ADD-HRE in J?
ET o/j BRU-ADD-HRE & BLZ-ADD-BRU in J?
Last edited by ivanwmc; Apr 21, 2023 at 10:10 am
Apr 22, 2023, 12:47 pm
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My questions are:
Does Ethiopian Airlines (ET) impose surcharges on its award flights?
Does Turkish Airlines (TK) unilaterally impose surcharges on ET award flights?
To what amounts could I expect TK to impose surcharges on ET award flights?
Any links to where I can find info regarding your experience?
Apr 22, 2023, 1:37 pm
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United Airlines (UA) doesn't imposed surcharges on any of its own ánd partner award flights, right?
My questions are:
Does Ethiopian Airlines (ET) impose surcharges on its award flights?
Does Turkish Airlines (TK) unilaterally impose surcharges on ET award flights?
To what amounts could I expect TK to impose surcharges on ET award flights?
Any links to where I can find info regarding your experience?
My questions are:
Does Ethiopian Airlines (ET) impose surcharges on its award flights?
Does Turkish Airlines (TK) unilaterally impose surcharges on ET award flights?
To what amounts could I expect TK to impose surcharges on ET award flights?
Any links to where I can find info regarding your experience?
Apr 22, 2023, 2:05 pm
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If ET charges UA for anything I assume that UA would certainly pass it on to its customers. There are other carriers with higher surcharges and fees for awards and UA passes them along (like LX, TK, NH,TG, etc). The sward surcharges and fees appear to be unique for each specific carrier.
There are many sources, for example
Apr 22, 2023, 7:23 pm
#8
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Well, a lot better than AA surcharges. Trying to use up some AA points and J surcharges to Italy range from about $500 (AA nonstop to Rome or Iberia via MAD) to $1500 (BA via LHR).
Apr 23, 2023, 9:27 pm
#9
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In Star Alliance, each airline decides what to fuel surcharges/award surcharges charge its members for using that airline's miles. It's irrelevant whether or not ET charges fuel surcharges to its own customers if TK charges them for ET flights.
Apr 24, 2023, 3:01 am
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YQ on Ethiopian Airlines is non-interlineable. That means ET does not charge other airlines YQ for segments booked on Ethiopian (whether revenue or award).
Yes.
Whatever they want to impose. TK chooses how much to impose and TK gets to keep that amount for themselves.
Does Turkish Airlines (TK) unilaterally impose surcharges on ET award flights?
To what amounts could I expect TK to impose surcharges on ET award flights?
