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Old Sep 29, 2016 | 4:26 pm
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Originally Posted by technical_bob
As I see it the optimal thing is a kind of tick-tock approach; alternate 2-4-1 redemptions with paid oneworld fares (which handily top up your avios and TPs). With the 2 year shelf life of the 2-4-1, it isn't necessary to keep the paid AMEX continuously if you take this approach.

I do think it's marginal though: the BA AMEX really only works for me because I have the work travel to drive the spend through it, and I value premium travel enough that I would probably be paying cash for some of these trips if I wasn't redeeming the avios+241.
Called it exactly how I see it.

Where revenue fares have come up that have been of good to exceptional value, we've ended up using the 2-4-1 to position on occasions...

I think overall though there is more value in having the card than not having it.
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