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Old Jul 30, 2014, 8:11 am
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Can anyone think of a way to get cash from Avios legally? Selling to brokers is NOT legal. Maybe I can send someone Avios If he/she is a few miles short.. Just some suggestions.
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Old Jul 30, 2014, 8:12 am
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Avios have no monetary value.
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Old Jul 30, 2014, 8:16 am
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Agreed ... they have no value unless you burn them with BA.

It is possible to transfer them to others, but you pay for the privilege IIRC.
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Old Jul 30, 2014, 8:18 am
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You can use avios to buy wine and other products through avios.com that you can then sell.

Avios transfers are not free unless you are BA Gold.
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Old Jul 30, 2014, 8:31 am
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Originally Posted by nux
You can use avios to buy wine and other products through avios.com that you can then sell.

Avios transfers are not free unless you are BA Gold.
Really?
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Old Jul 30, 2014, 8:34 am
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on Ebay there are a number of people who seem to be selling access to their BA accounts and their avios balance

very dodgy dealing in my opinion
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Old Jul 30, 2014, 8:54 am
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To be blunt, you could sell a seat on a flight booked with Avios, but it is dodgy. I have, on previous occasions, helped out a fellow FTer, who has subsequently booked a similar flight for me.
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Old Jul 30, 2014, 8:55 am
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Originally Posted by Paralytic
Really?
We can now transfer 27k a year for free, it was introduced around the time of the introduction of Avios cancellation charges as a pathetic carrot for the gigantic stick.
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Old Jul 30, 2014, 9:07 am
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Originally Posted by Paralytic
Really?
Once you reach Gold membership, you can transfer an additional 162,000 Avios per year for free.
http://www.britishairways.com/travel...s/public/en_gb
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Old Jul 30, 2014, 9:11 am
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Originally Posted by nux
You can use avios to buy wine and other products through avios.com that you can then sell.
Is it legal to resell alcohol without a license?
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Old Jul 30, 2014, 9:15 am
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Who is going to know or care?
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Old Jul 30, 2014, 9:24 am
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Originally Posted by nux
Once you reach Gold membership, you can transfer an additional 162,000 Avios per year for free.
http://www.britishairways.com/travel...s/public/en_gb
Ah, it's 27k per person for up to six people. So useful.
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Old Jul 30, 2014, 9:48 am
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Originally Posted by csutter
We can now transfer 27k a year for free, it was introduced around the time of the introduction of Avios cancellation charges as a pathetic carrot for the gigantic stick.
Originally Posted by nux
Once you reach Gold membership, you can transfer an additional 162,000 Avios per year for free.
http://www.britishairways.com/travel...s/public/en_gb
Thanks, I'd missed that.
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Old Jul 30, 2014, 9:49 am
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Originally Posted by SteveF
Is it legal to resell alcohol without a license?
Was this hypothetical alcohol purchased in an off license or acquired from an airside lounge?
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Old Jul 30, 2014, 9:54 am
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Originally Posted by Paralytic
Was this hypothetical alchhol purchased in an off license or acquired from an airside lounge?
Hypothetical alcohol purchased with Avios and flogged for cash.

I suspect that flogging alcohol without a license it is actually illegal whereas purchasing tickets with Avios for someone else in exchange for cash is only against BAEC rules.
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