Joined BAEC in Oct 14 as we were going to BOS to do a New England in the Fall trip. Looking into avios saw the potential to upgrade etc. We had planned back in 2015 that we would go to Australia in 2019 - the thought of being in an Y seat did not appeal to me! Thanks mainly to HFP were we able to get enough avios to do HKG on a 241 - J out and F back (the F part is deffo thanks to the FT board). The Oz legs are CX in J and QF slumming it back in Y (day flight) but making up for it on way home in F.

Add in a INV departure instead of EDI - £334 saved on APD.

We we are both public sector employees and do no business travel.