Originally Posted by
ALadyNCal
Why? Because the minimum transfer is too many points? Or because people use them more for hotel stays?
Because 9K SPG points are more valuable when used for hotels than for airline transfers.
OP, when are you flying? If it's not for a while, you have time to build Avios through
a ton of means. BA is transfer partners with everyone and their mother. Get the 50K BA card, or a Chase card (even a Freedom, and transfer them to a Sapphire Preferred or Ink Bold account to get to BA), or an AMEX MR card.
Or CC!