avios a bit poo?

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Or is it just me? Collected avios points for years, got to 50,000 booked flights to Turkey with them. 49,000 points plus £285. Then checked BA's site just for fun and could get exactly the same flights with no points for just £200 more. It just doesn't seem worth the hassle..

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NickXX said:

They make the most sense if you go long haul. I recently booked 2 return First seats (A380 both ways) to Hong Kong for next year. Cost 180,000 avios and a Companion Voucher (courtesy of Amex BA card) and £550 taxes each.

I got mine with an amex and Tesco.
What's a companion voucher?
Sounds like they're worth using for upgrades..

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My conclusion is before you use your points come on here and learn how to play the game first. I think I unnecessarily missed out on using the Companion voucher and used BA.
Also a bit miffed because, like most non business users I only used the Amex to collect the points, I don't need to use it. Trouble is I'm rubbish at remembering how much I've used it. So when I think I've got a 1k bonus to luck forward to, only to have it wiped out by my forgotten cc Bill, it does take the shine off the few points I've collected.

Oh well, bon voyage peeps!