Hope someone can help me do some planning. I got lucky with Masters tickets and need to get myself From EDI (or GLA, if there's a better option) to airports within a reasonable drive of Augusta GA (ATL, BNA, MCO, TPA, MSY, but also any codeshares such as CAE, CLT, CHS, RDU, MEM) for the start of April. In terms of timings I can fly out anytime between 30th March - 2nd April, and ideally looking to fly back Wed 6th April.
I've currently got 20TP and 40k Avios (slight possibility to get a lot more though) and looking at options for either
- Using Avios + cash to get a cheapish reward flight
- A relatively cheap and easy cash route
- Any options to get close to/gain Silver (either cash or cash+avios part payment), taking advantage of the reduced TP amount
Don't mind multiple stops on either leg, though ideally want to avoid any tight connections if possible.
So far I've found EDI-LHR-CLT 30th Mar - 6th Apr for around £685 or GLA-LHR-PHL-MCO & MCO-LRH-GLA (1st - 6th) for £522, but not too keen on that many legs.
Reward I've found lots of availability on EDI-LHR (or LCY and transfer)-ATL 31st - 6th for around £360 + 40k avios which seems ok, but hoping there's some better options. Even if there's any BA Holiday Flight+Hotel or Flight+Car Hire that'd be great. Plan is to Spend Sunday Evening - Tue AM in Augusta itself, so happy to base elsewhere and drive in for that
Any advice/recommendations would be great.