Originally Posted by Traveloguy

I am still shocked at the complete overreaction of some posters. The fact is, the offer of spending $2500 USD to get 100,000 BA miles from Chase was incredibly good value. I only wish we got that sort of offer over here on this side of the Atlantic.Everyone has known for months that Avios was coming and therefore if those of you who took up the offer felt there was a good chance it would affect you negatively, you should have spent the miles.

The fact of the matter is that the BA programme even despite the Avios changes is a much better programme than it was 12 months ago. There was a time where you get sweet F A in pretty much all discounted economy fares and that restriction no longer exists. There are also lots of other positives that have come through recently including increased TP earn etc. Therefore I am surprised posters are not seeing the bigger picture.