How do I best spend 200,000 Avios?

blindman

theonlywayisup wrote: »

A good point, although it's not a case of Iberia being cheaper it's that flights from outside the UK are [mostly] cheaper due to the taxes/charges imposed here.

No, it's because IB do NOT charge ludicrous amout££££ for "airline charges" as per BA.


Best use of AVIOS is NOT to fly BA :eek:

Ballard

In the past I’ve used them as money off a long haul flight and also for European flights.

I won a return flight to Budapest a few months ago but the return flight time (I had no say in the timings) was about 7am barely 36 hours after my arrival. I wasn’t going to bother using the flights but then it occurred to me that I should just book another ticket back. For about 11k Avios and £25 I’ve got a business flight back the following day.

For the few extra Avios and about £8 I think that it’s worth business for the food and drink (lounge and onboard) but there’s no way I’d pay the full price for them.

theonlywayisup

blindman wrote: »

No, it's because IB do NOT charge ludicrous amout££££ for "airline charges" as per BA.


Best use of AVIOS is NOT to fly BA :eek:

No.

The best use of Avios, is the route that suits the person using.

For us it's £12K of flights for next to nothing. It may be the next person finds a free night at the Hilton a good value, or a case of wine....beauty is in the eye of the beholder.