Originally Posted by
flygod
I just "paid" 0.73p per avios to BA by using the "part pay with avios" on a reward ticket.
Do you mean part pay with avios on a paid ticket? If yes, then you didn't pay for the avios. BA paid you to buy back your avios.
I think @flygod does mean a reward ticket as they said, not a revenue (paid).
Originally Posted by
corporate-wage-slave
Correct, so this is poor use of Avios, since you are getting some 0.73p value per Avios, and in my opinion you should be looking for 2p value or more.
Although I believe @flygod is talking about a reward ticket.
i.e. they have reduced the number of Avios they would have used, in return for contributing some cash.
I've often effectively bought Avios at well under 1p each using this method, the figure of 0.73p seems entirely believable to me.
With hindsight, I wish I had not done this as often, as I still have far, far too many Avios for my liking when considering devaluation risk. At least cash can be invested/interest, etc.
But reducing Avios for cash is a jolly good approach to buy them - but find the sweet spot on the scale you are offered. It can vary which notch is cheapest.