Originally Posted by
Bluekjp
Take Newcastle booking now for November with all the cheap fares available. On certain flights I see:
CE for £154.41 which reduces to £1 plus 30,470 avios (80 TP’s awarded and a saucerful of avios).
CE avios ticket is £1 plus 30,000 (0 TP’s but flexibility to cancel)
If valuing 1 avios at 1p, then I make this buying 80tp @ £150 (304-154) - which seems a good deal? Assuming you were happy to pay the revenue fare in the first place.