Avios Points Boosting guide discussion

callum9999

dmet wrote: »

Fair point, didn't read that. Still trumpeting the fact they are giving you a benefit but playing down the penalty. Headlines always point out the positive.




Maybe upping the number in club but for business and first will cost more points so it could mean people will be less likely to use them as it will now take longer to accumulate. The flights I am taking would have meant an increase of 18% off peak or 40% for peak. Quite a big difference, especially if it takes time to accumulate like ayayay said. I don't see any savings of 40%-50% to offset the increase.

What headlines? I've seen no BA headlines attempting to spin this as a positive change, nor have I seen any information from them that makes the good changes any more prominent than the bad.

I always thought business redemptions were remarkably cheap anyway. Business class costs a hell of a lot more than double the economy price. Of course there isn't - giving savings of 50% to "offset the increase" defeats the entire purpose of an increase in the first place!

jpsartre

dmet wrote: »

Maybe upping the number in club but for business and first will cost more points so it could mean people will be less likely to use them as it will now take longer to accumulate.

It could but I highly doubt it.

worldtraveller

worldtraveller wrote: »

A good summary/analysis of the changes at Head For Points today:

http://www.headforpoints.com/

Some interesting and useful further analysis & tips today as well. Same link.

davidpeter

While the BA blurb says that you can combine Avois points in whatever scheme you wish, the system inexplicity does not allow you to move Avios from Iberia to BA

Nick_C

davidpeter wrote: »

While the BA blurb says that you can combine Avois points in whatever scheme you wish, the system inexplicity does not allow you to move Avios from Iberia to BA

I had the same problem. I had 300 Avios sitting in my IberiaPlus account. Tried several times to move them to my BA account. Never able to. They have expired now.

Roger1

Strange. I transferred some IB Avios to BA Avios earlier this week. The transfer was immediate.

I was logged in to my BA EC account and used the 'Combine my Avios' link in Manage my Booking.

PeacefulWaters

I get the message:

You can only move Avios from British Airways to Iberia Plus - you cannot move your Avios back again.

Same message looking on BAEC and Iberia.

Household accounts in play.

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/british-airways-executive-club/1651766-you-can-only-move-avios-ba-ib-you-cannot-move-your-avios-back-again.html

Roger1

PeacefulWaters wrote: »

Household accounts in play.

Looks like you've solved the problems of a couple of posters.

So, transfer from IB Avios to avios.com Avios, then from avios.com avios to BA EC Avios if necessary.

deanduck2

It now costs 24,000 Avios EACH WAY to upgrade that London-NY Premium Economy flight to Business. It was 10,000 each way before they changed the scheme! Complete rip-off, how they are able to do this I will never understand.

callum9999

deanduck2 wrote: »

It now costs 24,000 Avios EACH WAY to upgrade that London-NY Premium Economy flight to Business. It was 10,000 each way before they changed the scheme! Complete rip-off, how they are able to do this I will never understand.

£240 worth of avios to upgrade from Premium Economy to Business Class is a "complete rip off"?

They are able to do it because they have more people paying cash for those business class seats now so don't need to sell it off cheap to frequent flier members.