Originally Posted by
lsquare
I looked at the J-fare for YVR-NRT, but that requires 150k Avios. The taxes is also 261.80. The cash fare is about C$6800 at the moment. However, the amount of Avios required for this trip seems a bit excessive. I do have Avios to use, but I do want to get some good value out of whatever redemption I pick.
Cash vs. Avios there seem pretty good to me, provided you are actually prepared to pay cash to do that trip (rather than being something optional) and thus representing an actual saving, rather than a notional one?