Originally Posted by
sunshinebob
As a side note I have a stash of VS miles and an upgrade voucher (to UC) and constantly struggle to find availability.
Barbados for example has two UC outbound flights available between now and mid January and nothing coming home.
This. I have a stack of miles and using them pre-covid was tough, now it seems impossible. Perhaps it's the same with Avios but I haven't looked. I just seem to recall I had so many more options with Avios.