The Must Read Travel Delvaluation Post

In the wee hours of Aug 28 it was notice by someone booking an award flight that American Airlines would impose a fuel surcharges on award tickets, a few calls later and American was confirming the news with prepared statements.  Fuel surcharges are two words travel points hobbyists want to avoid. If your going to pay a fuel surcharge on an award ticket you might as well book a revenue ticket because fuel surcharges suck the life out of an award. The travel bloggers were in a tizzy for several stressful hours as the news that came out of American Airlines was all but detrimental to those who travel on points.