Porter introduces peak fuel surcharge on all VIPorter flight redemptions – up to $86 per pax each way

Porter has announced that they will introduce a temporary fuel surcharge on all VIPorter flight redemption bookings as of March 23, 2026. They have cited the recent rise in global fuel prices as the reason for the temporary surcharge fee that will be applied to all award bookings. The fee will be applied as a ‘Peak Surcharge‘ to each passenger, each way. Porter says this surcharge will allow them to maintain the required number of points for redemption.

The airline also confirmed that it expects to revert to standard pricing as oil prices stabilize and normalize. No clarification was made about benchmarks or the date on which oil prices were considered normal.

A quick search of Porter’s domestic, US, and sun destination routes suggests that flight redemptions within North America are subject to a $40 Peak Surcharge, while international itineraries (Caribbean, Mexico, and Costa Rica) incur an $86 each-way fee per passenger.

One-way Peak Surcharge for YYZ-YVR

One-Way Peak Surcharge YTZ-BOS

One-way Peak Surcharge YYZ-LIR

While VIPorter members can expect to pay as much as $172 for round-trip flight redemptions to sun destinations, the same flights booked through partner programs like Alaska Atmos do not incur peak fuel surcharges. For example, the same YYZ-YVR flight redemption using Alaska Atmos looks like this;

One-way Atmos Redemption: YYZ-YVR

For Canadians travelling domestically and transborder, redeeming Alaska Atmos on Porter Airlines is a great sweet spot. For example, redeeming for Porter Reserve on E195-E2 aircraft,  which is priced as a premium economy product and you can fly from Ontario to Florida for just 2,500 points more than economy.