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Old Sep 17, 2014 | 4:15 pm
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Originally Posted by tigerhunt2011
Whereas some will make you scroll through thousands of posts, i'll keep it simple and offer the following

-Avios are fabulous for domestic redemptions in the U.S. on American/U.S. Airways. I've had excellent luck with availability actually showing/bookable on BA.com

EX: TUS-LAX is about a $400 Y flight. Or 25,000 AA miles. Or 9,000 Avios.

Avios are also fabulous for short hops around Europe on BA/IB/VY.

FCO-BCN on VY was also 9,000 Avios I believe.

Distance-based award chart means good for shorter flights, bad for longer. Also, ironically, avoid Avios at all costs when LHR is included per the taxes.
Since Avios can only be used when an AA MileSAAver is available, the fair comparison TUS-LAX is 12,500 AA miles vs. 9,000 Avios.
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