Originally Posted by
cova
I would normally agree, but my first segment is MAN-LHR (domestic) where there is no CE cabin. So that longer flight would be in coach even with a CE ticket. CE would only get me the blocked middle seat for the shorter segment.
So why waste 4500 Avios for the second, shorter segment?
And the extra for me is from $27.50 to $40 a $12.50 difference.
It's not really a shorter segment. In reality the MAN-LHR flights take about 35 minutes (despite the published flight time being about an hour)