Originally Posted by
mapleg
Hey, I am just starting out on Avios. I will build my stash over time
If I bought the flight I would get about 750 AE miles between the ccard and the flight.
I guess it's a value of a 2.5 cents per mile, which is not great but as they say, better than nothing.
One thing for sure, it is better than 20,000 AE miles for the same flight post December bookings.
Oh yeah, once the December devaluation kicks in, it basically kills Aeroplan for me for intra-Japan. I did not use it often, mostly because it used to be right in the sweet spot for HND-ISG (unfortunately, that flight is 1215 miles, so I imagine it'll be in the next Avios band that ends at 1200), and it was good for open jaws. Sadly, it was a nightmare to book it at all times, because agents would never waive the fee - or at least not on the first try - so oh well. But it sucks to see one viable option go.