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I've accrued 110k avios miles. Apparently this is worth (looking at the purchase miles equivalent) about £2k or something. The website is a nightmare! I'm trying to find out whether they are even worth bothering with. Do they present a good deal, or is it a stitch-up through lack of availability, boosted taxes etc or some other constraints?
I used to be a master at Star Alliance reward flights, but have now switched my bmi miles to Avios. I haven't used any yet - but have 300k in the bank for a rainy day.
Apparently avios is better than the bmi system. But that's like saying you have a job which is better than cleaning sewers.
Apparently avios is better than the bmi system. But that's like saying you have a job which is better than cleaning sewers.
Blown2CV said:
I've accrued 110k avios miles. Apparently this is worth (looking at the purchase miles equivalent) about £2k or something. The website is a nightmare! I'm trying to find out whether they are even worth bothering with. Do they present a good deal, or is it a stitch-up through lack of availability, boosted taxes etc or some other constraints?
Dont ask that question on Flyertalk, you need to be more specific.What do you want out of the miles? Of course availability is limited, and there are still fuel surcharges to be paid, but they're certainly "worth it" if you do it right. Its rarely cost-effective to redeem in long-haul Economy. The fuel surcharges are often a large proportion of the standard cash fare, hence you're getting very little saving using avios. Most Avios collectors use them to get business or first class, or to upgrade from premium economy to business.
What sort of locations or uses were you thinking?
I have 60,000 now - but will soon (hopefully!) get to the 100,000 mark after another couple of flights then I can get a reward business class flight for me and the missus out to Denver to go skiing.
I know a lot of people who use the avios successfully and I've managed in the past. The trick is to know where you want to go as soon as the flights become available (maybe 10/11 months?) as there are a limited number of reward tickets. If you can get organised then there are good deals to be had most certainly
I know a lot of people who use the avios successfully and I've managed in the past. The trick is to know where you want to go as soon as the flights become available (maybe 10/11 months?) as there are a limited number of reward tickets. If you can get organised then there are good deals to be had most certainly
Blown2CV said:
tuffer said:
Just found I had a spare 30K nuggets on the Avios site (keep my main stash on the BA site), 2 x Veuve, 2 x Bolly and 2 x Laurent Perrier........Cheers.
hang on, you exchanged them for bottles of bubbly?Edited by tuffer on Tuesday 18th December 15:57
Edited by tuffer on Tuesday 18th December 17:00
It works well for me most years, and did so this month too.
I normally accrue about 150000 miles/avois a year on my BA silver card.
I also earn 1 or two Amex companion flight rewards per card year too.
We normally use these for a Club clas flight from LHR-MIA for myskef and Mrs P.
Recently since we had the kids MIA has become a pain, so we have been trying places closer to home.
So we have just booked 6 flights, 4 adults and 2 kids all in Premuim Econmy for LHR to DXB for two weeks in July.
That cost me about 230000 avois and about £1800 for all the taxes, but the Amex vouchers needed using up, so it was a no Brainer.
I booked it all on line using the BA system, which was very flexible and easy to use.
I know there was lots of availability in July due to Ramadan in Dubai,,but we have Been before at the same time and its never an issue.
I normally accrue about 150000 miles/avois a year on my BA silver card.
I also earn 1 or two Amex companion flight rewards per card year too.
We normally use these for a Club clas flight from LHR-MIA for myskef and Mrs P.
Recently since we had the kids MIA has become a pain, so we have been trying places closer to home.
So we have just booked 6 flights, 4 adults and 2 kids all in Premuim Econmy for LHR to DXB for two weeks in July.
That cost me about 230000 avois and about £1800 for all the taxes, but the Amex vouchers needed using up, so it was a no Brainer.
I booked it all on line using the BA system, which was very flexible and easy to use.
I know there was lots of availability in July due to Ramadan in Dubai,,but we have Been before at the same time and its never an issue.
I just used up the last of my Avios points hiring a rental car for a fortnight in Mallorca. Probably not the most efficient way of spending them (I always used to invest them into upgrades), but with the price of holiday car rental seemingly having gone through the roof this year, they came in rather handy
schmalex said:
I just used up the last of my Avios points hiring a rental car for a fortnight in Mallorca. Probably not the most efficient way of spending them (I always used to invest them into upgrades), but with the price of holiday car rental seemingly having gone through the roof this year, they came in rather handy
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