Air Miles BA - what a con
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Clarify please. Did you use BA miles or Airmiles? Very different schemes...
If you used BA miles for shorthaul (which I am guessing you did as you mention easyjet?), then more fool you.
Shorthaul, and longhaul in economy is possibly the daftest use of them as you have to pay the tax & fees regardless which means little or no saving, and in some cases paying more in tax/fees than buying a regular ticket in cash would be.
Far better to use them for longhaul business & First class- where the taxes/fees come to around £400rtn all in , or for upgrading a cabin on a paid ticket
Next time, hop over to the BA board on flyertalk and get better advice on using them
If you used BA miles for shorthaul (which I am guessing you did as you mention easyjet?), then more fool you.
Shorthaul, and longhaul in economy is possibly the daftest use of them as you have to pay the tax & fees regardless which means little or no saving, and in some cases paying more in tax/fees than buying a regular ticket in cash would be.
Far better to use them for longhaul business & First class- where the taxes/fees come to around £400rtn all in , or for upgrading a cabin on a paid ticket
Next time, hop over to the BA board on flyertalk and get better advice on using them
Edited by GCH on Friday 22 August 13:31
GCH said:
Clarify please. Did you use BA miles or Airmiles? Very different schemes...
If you used BA miles for shorthaul (which I am guessing you did as you mention easyjet?), then more fool you.
Shorthaul, and longhaul in economy is possibly the daftest use of them as you have to pay the tax & fees regardless which means little or no saving, and in some cases paying more in tax/fees than buying a regular ticket in cash would be.
Far better to use them for longhaul business & First class- where the taxes/fees come to around £400rtn all in , or for upgrading a cabin on a paid ticket
Next time, hop over to the BA board on flyertalk and get better advice on using them
Totally agree, using them on economy tickets is a waste.If you used BA miles for shorthaul (which I am guessing you did as you mention easyjet?), then more fool you.
Shorthaul, and longhaul in economy is possibly the daftest use of them as you have to pay the tax & fees regardless which means little or no saving, and in some cases paying more in tax/fees than buying a regular ticket in cash would be.
Far better to use them for longhaul business & First class- where the taxes/fees come to around £400rtn all in , or for upgrading a cabin on a paid ticket
Next time, hop over to the BA board on flyertalk and get better advice on using them
The surcharges are still a con though.
Edited by oyster on Friday 22 August 13:58
at least you managed to use them. I tried for Club to Australia six months ahead of the trio: no availability. Tried last month for Mauritius three months ahead - no availability.
I've only ever managed to get long haul flights three times: once to SA, once to Antigua and once to Argentina (they only had availability in First for that one, so I went for it).
300k air miles sitting in my account at the moement and I keep having to pay for flights.
I've only ever managed to get long haul flights three times: once to SA, once to Antigua and once to Argentina (they only had availability in First for that one, so I went for it).
300k air miles sitting in my account at the moement and I keep having to pay for flights.
GCH said:
Clarify please. Did you use BA miles or Airmiles? Very different schemes...
If you used BA miles for shorthaul (which I am guessing you did as you mention easyjet?), then more fool you.
Shorthaul, and longhaul in economy is possibly the daftest use of them as you have to pay the tax & fees regardless which means little or no saving, and in some cases paying more in tax/fees than buying a regular ticket in cash would be.
Far better to use them for longhaul business & First class- where the taxes/fees come to around £400rtn all in , or for upgrading a cabin on a paid ticket
Next time, hop over to the BA board on flyertalk and get better advice on using them
yeah, what he said...If you used BA miles for shorthaul (which I am guessing you did as you mention easyjet?), then more fool you.
Shorthaul, and longhaul in economy is possibly the daftest use of them as you have to pay the tax & fees regardless which means little or no saving, and in some cases paying more in tax/fees than buying a regular ticket in cash would be.
Far better to use them for longhaul business & First class- where the taxes/fees come to around £400rtn all in , or for upgrading a cabin on a paid ticket
Next time, hop over to the BA board on flyertalk and get better advice on using them
Edited by GCH on Friday 22 August 13:31
I used them for 2 buisness class tickets to the states earlier in the year.. cost £120..
simonrockman said:
BA Miles. I wanted to go to Nice.
For longhaul I have AA and United miles to use.
I can't use the BA ones for an upgrade because the company books through their own agent and BA wont let you upgrade unless you book direct.
But Nice is pennies on Sleazy .. why waste the miles on a 1,000-mile budget hop? For longhaul I have AA and United miles to use.
I can't use the BA ones for an upgrade because the company books through their own agent and BA wont let you upgrade unless you book direct.
Very true - some First/Business redemptions on Star Alliance can hit £500 a head including the £80 airport tax! (there is a workaround, which is to book a cheap ticket to Copenhagen and fly on from there as the departure tax is negligable and there is no fuel surchage on SAS 
)
Very annoying when you're expecting the flight for free!!
)Very annoying when you're expecting the flight for free!!
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