You may have a point, and by all means PM me if you spot a £33 fare to SYD. But when -every few months - we get a non-regular FTer who is reeling from being subject to an audit by BA and thus locked out of their account, I can't help thinking that concerns about Avios trading is at the root of the problem. Concerns which may or may not be valid. Those who are regular participants here are largely in it to make best personal use of Avios, so they want to know how to get their totals up and use the redemption options in the best way for themselves. But if you are not really a BA traveller but have somehow got 50,000 Avios then the temptation may well be to trade them. So I think there is an element here of making it clear that trading Avios can have greater repercussions than the £33 SYD fare - the latter BA will just cancel and refund, end of.