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Old Jun 3, 2024 | 2:44 pm
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littlechilds
 
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First time using Avios points from Canada

Hello all,
I'm sorry if this has been asked many times, but I've been chugging along on the BA website looking for flights with Avios points ideally out of Vancouver (I'm based out of Calgary). We are hoping to fly premium or business for most of the trip , though will take economy on a few segments if needed. Where? Ideally we were looking for long flights to truly enjoy the upgraded seats. Bali, or similar in the SE Asia region ideally. Croatia, Greece, Australia? Somewhere exotic maybe? We are currently flexible to allow more options with points.

The problem....using BA's website, it's painstaking sifting through 100's of itineraries/dates where 90% of seats are not available, and the few that are, have something crazy like 135,000 points plus $600 with extra connections (or something like that).

I guess my question is, is there a better way to find seats, linking an itinerary together (we are flexible on dates). Something like YVR < HKG < DPS and return on premium or business 75% of the trip?

BTW, we both have around 200,000 Avios points.

Thanks for any direction you can lead us towards to plan this accordingly!
UPDATE: We are thinking Patagonia via Dallas/Santiago and return business/premium will be a great way to blow 160,000 points!

Last edited by littlechilds; Nov 15, 2024 at 12:59 pm
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