Originally Posted by Geordie405

Given that you're based in Canada and you're limited to flying BA only then you're looking at a flight to London in the first instance and then - if you so choose - an onward journey from there to one of the other destinations that BA serves. I am not sure that it makes sense to fly to London and then on to Tokyo, Singapore or Hong Kong if you're closer to Vancouver (say) as you could probably better use your Avios for a redemption on Cathay to Hong Kong.

That said, if you have never been to Europe then there are numerous places that BA fly to that you can choose from. There would be no reason why you couldn't do an open-jaw booking either. The Middle East is another alternative with Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Muscat all springing to mind.

In terms of maximising value and perhaps reducing cost, you could look at booking Club World for overnight sectors and then World Traveller Plus for the daytime flights. That would reduce the number of Avios required as well as the taxes and fees etc.