Originally Posted by
Phil the Flyer
I'm sure this has been discussed before, but given that BA miles can be purchased in increments of 1,000 (up to 19,000 per annum?) for GBP16 per 1,000 plus a GBP15 handling fee; i.e. 1,000 miles = GBP31 / 19,000 miles = GBP319, does anyone have any recent experience of good 'MFU with miles vs cash upgrade' scenarios?
Despite spending BA miles on a regular basis I've currently got circa 500k miles in our HHA, and having never actually purchased BA miles previously I sometimes suspect that purchasing miles might nonetheless be a good investment.
Phil, if I understand your post, you are questioning how often it is better to buy miles and MFU, rather than paying cash?
Two issues spring to mind, firstly availability for MFU (and having the correct fare bucket to upgrade from) and secondly you earn more miles and TP's by paying cash to upgrade.