Originally Posted by
EAJuggalo
It would not have cost them 0, if you take the price that BA charges you to buy Avios (1.7ppp) that 220,000 is 3,740 Pounds that they got back for free because you left their program. Can you make a legitimate case that you are valuable enough for them to pay you that much if you haven't flown them in over three years?
They would have been on IAG's books as a liability at (iirc) 0.6p though, and I expect that's the internal transfer price. They're not valued at what they charge - hence why it's a profit centre.
220k would therefore incur a balance sheet liability of £1320. Pretty small in the scheme of things, but of course if you did this for everyone that didn't fly you for three years then it would be a very different story.