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Old Aug 14, 2012 | 2:59 am
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trueblu
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Originally Posted by skip87
I'm looking at bookings using Avios and these are the options I'm seeing:

4500 Avios or $112 cash

This values my Avios at about 2.5cents per Avios. This looks like a fair value to me. What do you think? What range of redemption value do you look for when redeeming Avios?

*this would be my first Avios redemption; I have 40,000 Avios and am unlikely to acquire anymore.
Just one word of caution, since you don't mention what redemption you are considering. The avios 'cost' excludes taxes/fees, which may be much, much more, depending on airline/flight etc.

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