Originally Posted by
bd95
Used the Gold Priority Reward to book a shorthaul flight the weekend before Christmas when there was only full-fare Y available across all flights (and the LCCs too). 9000 + £17.50 ow instead of £252. Not a bad perk for situations like that...
Exactly. We did a weekend trip to Venice over the August Bank Holiday in the UK when revenue tickets were hundreds of pounds each (my wife was a Gold at the time so we could both get seats). The savings on the flights were somewhat offset by the cost of the accomodation however!