Originally Posted by
London Dude
I have a US-based account and BA is quoting "9250 Avios + $ 1.00" for a one-way LHR-NCE award in economy. I have only earned Avios through my BA Chase card for the last 16 months.
Have you had any Chase BA card earning posted within the past 12 months?
I suspect the taxes are being auto-translated to extra Avios for the total Avios required. It seems that is a stealthy way for BA to double the Avios portion based on what have been discussed in the RFS thread.
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/brit...nfirmed-3.html
According to Great Circle the distance between LHR and NCE is 647 miles, falls right in the first band up to 650 miles.
http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=lhr-nce
The cost of Avios should be 4750 Off Peak and 5250 Peak. Therefore you should be charged either 4750 or 5250 + the RFS cash part.
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/32907376-post3.html
BA system is stealthy converting the cash part into Avios, with the only 1 GBP cash. That is a very poor value to convert the Avios for the cash.
Is there a way to avoid this scam?