Originally Posted by
dragonflyer10
oh well that blows that idea out the water, guess i'll just book the car+flight and nestle a ryan air flight back to STN for the next day as its closer to home.
So i'll be doing LHR-SOF then overnight at the Ibis with a reward night from hotels.com ,next day Ryanair SOF-STN then 4 days later STN-SOF first thing in the morning have a little time at the airport before flying back SOF-LHR.
i guess 320 tier ponts for a total of 412 pounds (both flights and 5 days car hire ) is not bad and that will leave me 460 points short for gold.
You would need to pick the car up to qualify for Double TPs per the revised T&Cs. What will you do with it if you fly back to the UK in the meantime?
As things stand, it sounds like quite a convoluted plan. Is it really worth it if you still end up 460 TPs short? These runs are great if you just need to top up your balance, but if the vast majority of TPs come from runs without a purpose at the end (e.g., business trip, holiday, weekend break), I’d question the value.