British Airways as sent out an e-mail to inform users that on May 27, 2026 the price of award flights will increase, but only the cash portion. Flights booked before this date won’t have the new fees applied. They provide some examples here.
British Airways seems to be being careful to not call these increases fuel surcharges so I wouldn’t expect these ever to go back down even if the reason for increasing them in rising fuel costs. British Airways surcharges are already notoriously high and the above examples are an increase of 10-30% of what they currently are. Hard to even call these reward flights anymore with the additional fees being charged.
