FlyerTalk Evangelist, Ambassador, British Airways Executive Club
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Somewhere between 0 and 13,000 metres high
Programs: AF/KL Life Plat, BA GGL+GfL, ALL Plat, Hilton Diam, Marriott Gold, blablablah, etc
Posts: 30,499
Book cash lower cost with some avios = same earnings as cash
book avios, lower avios amount with more cash = earn zero
obviiusly costs in both cash and avios will be very different for the three models (third being paid wt+ upgrade with avios)