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Old Oct 10, 2020 | 9:49 pm
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PointsPanda
 
Join Date: Oct 2019
Location: Mexico City, MX
Programs: No airline/hotel status use, Chase UR, Amex MR, CapOne etc
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Am I the only one who thinks Avios is the worst program, bones to pick

*Outrageous amount of points, especially if your flight has a layover as they calculate distance across total segments.
*Absolutely outrageous taxes, 2nd in ridiculousness only perhaps to certain Aeroplan partners, oftentimes equaling to 50%+ or even more of a regular cash ticket.
*A buggy system that never shows actual availability and othertime shows ghost availability. Also if you do more then 3-4 searches in a week your IP gets banned if you're in a developing country and you have to reset your IP.
*90% of LATAM availability disappeared over the last year.
*Very little use of the points unless you happen to fly American Airlines domestic, i'd bet the casino they are about to nuke that last remaining value as well.

I still have 30k BA points and have found very few ways to use them despite flying a lot.
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