Avios is also the only *oneworld* award program that charges infant in arms at 10% of points + taxes rather than 10% of fare, so it’s MUCH cheaper to book with Avios even for long hauls if you have an infant.

Compare: MLA-LHR-HND is:
- 100,000 Avios + $300 for an adult + 10,000 Avios + $30 for child, so approx 110,000 + 330 = (let’s say you value Avios at 1.2 cents) = $1,650.
- 75,000 AA + $200 for an adult + $550 for child = (assuming 1.5 cpm valuation for AA) = $1,875.

If if you can get Avios with a transfer bonus like now, that improves the math even further.

And of course there are the short haul flights in Europe and in Japan (4,500 avios + $2 for most intra Japan flights except Okinawa).