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I suspect that midnightinharlem meant to say: "Use BA Avios to fly EI from BOS to DUB." Since Avios uses a distance-based scheme, BOS-DUB -- which is just under 3,000 flown miles -- costs only 12,500 Avios one way in Economy, or 25,000 Avios one way in Business. By contrast, JFK-DUB on EI would cost 20,000 Avios one way in Economy, and 40,000 Avios one way in Business. But either EI routing requires fewer miles (Avios) than the alternatives available to the OP. And, as noted in my earlier post, BAEC surcharges on EI TATL flights are minuscule.
If you can get an AA segment from NYC-BOS it brings the cost down again somewhat vs. the direct flight from JFK (12.5K + 4.5K = 17K vs. 20K in economy). Not sure 3,000 each way is worth connecting IMO, but to each his own.
That's correct, but it will only be 17,000 Avios (in Economy) if you book it as two separate redemptions using Avios, and then you will not be protected in the event of a mis-connect at BOS. (If you try to book both flights as a single redemption with BAEC, you will be charged BAEC's much higher multi-partner redemption rate.)