Originally Posted by
Capvermell
Surely paying £50 instead of the other 750 Air Miles is actually the standard cash for miles substitution rate (eg Gatwick to Marseille) but its just that the cash fare you are saving by paying the £50 is higher than it is on quite a few other 1500 Air Miles routes.
Air Miles flights on LCY to PMI are available on dates where either the outbound and return fare are both £69 or where it costs £79 in one direction and £69 in the other. So for £50 you potentially save yourself a cash fare value of £74 (half of £148). The £20 + 1130 Air Miles is therefore theoretically even better value.
However I would agree that the full AirMiles to part cash fare trade off rates are less attractive long haul, for instance on departures to most destinations in the USA.
Yes agreed. Anything zone 3+ and the cash and miles option is bad value. The point i was making in regards to the above is that i have never seen the cash part of a zone 2 below £60/750. I have seen £60 & 750miles offered occasionally to South France destinations, and the standard seems to be £75 + 750miles for a zone 2 miles and cash. Worth noting that for zone 1, the cash and miles option is not really good value either. IMO should only really be considered for Zone 2, and only then depending on the flights total cash price and the cash part of a cash and miles option.