Originally Posted by
belfordrocks
Yes, that's all fine and dandy, but the award in question (in TPG's post) was first class transatlantic... for which Avios is certainly not superior- for the lack of routing flexibility first and foremost, then also taxes/fees, quality of partners, award availability etc. etc.
Maybe we're not reading and commenting on the same thing.
Post # 300 above linked to The Points Guy's Jan 26 post where he was put onto BA first after an AA mechanical. I really don't find his mention of how to get BA points to be "at the expense of his readers". I've always found TPG pretty candid-see his January 23 listing of his picks for top 20 awards. The two mentioned for BA are the short hauls I mentioned above and the 2-4-1 cert deal which, while I won't seek it again, certainly has its fans.
As I outlined at length above, people need to do their own homework and figure out if a deal is good or not. Blaming bloggers for one's unwillingness or inability to do that is just passing the blame.