Originally Posted by
GTompkins
So I read that and I'm thinking the following.
The ORD example could work as follows:
1. One way World Traveller Plus ticket bought for cash. Say £1500 including taxes/charges/etc...
2. The Avios price for a one way flight in the WT+ cabin is 30000. So in the way I understand it, that 30000 is the base Avios.
3. To then upgrade your cash WT+ ticket to CW using Avios would be the base Avios x 0.5, so that's 30000 x 0.5 = 15000 Avios.
The SFO example could work as follows:
1. One way World Traveller Plus ticket bought for cash. Say £2000 including taxes/charges/etc...
2. The Avios price for a one way flight in the WT+ cabin is 37500. So in the way I understand it, that 37500 is the base Avios.
3. To then upgrade your cash WT+ ticket to CW using Avios would be the base Avios x 0.5, so that's 37500 x 0.5 = 18750 Avios.
Does that make sense?
Welcome to the forum
GTompkins. ^
You seem to have got into a muddle over your calculations.
To upgrade both sectors of your ORD ticket it will be 10,000 each way and SFO will be 12,500 each way. The cost is based on 0.5 of the amount of Avios needed for a redemption in WT.