Originally Posted by
mccartje
Either EI are being devious with the new pricing options and massively devaluing avios in this instance or its an IT issue and the cash pricing is messed up. There have been issues like this popping up where booking identical flight via avios.com versus on BA meant you could pay less avios and the same cash portion.
I wouldn't discount this. Never attribute to malice what can be attributed to incompetence!
When Aer Club first moved to Avios, for the longest time the cash element charged along with the 4k or 4.5k Avios on this route was closer to €75 or €80 - I can't remember, exactly, but it was often more than it cost to just buy a one-way with cash, which is what I used to do. Only later on did they "correct" this such that the €44.64 became a fixture.