How do you value Avios?
Aug 14, 2012, 1:32 am
#1
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How do you value Avios?
I'm looking at bookings using Avios and these are the options I'm seeing:
4500 Avios or $112 cash
This values my Avios at about 2.5cents per Avios. This looks like a fair value to me. What do you think? What range of redemption value do you look for when redeeming Avios?
*this would be my first Avios redemption; I have 40,000 Avios and am unlikely to acquire anymore.
4500 Avios or $112 cash
This values my Avios at about 2.5cents per Avios. This looks like a fair value to me. What do you think? What range of redemption value do you look for when redeeming Avios?
*this would be my first Avios redemption; I have 40,000 Avios and am unlikely to acquire anymore.
Aug 14, 2012, 1:43 am
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I tend to use mine to UUA from WT+ to CW.
the fare difference would be from £700ish for WT+ to £2000+ for CW.
SO i guess that would equal a rough value of £0.065 (US$0.10) per avios. However I could never actually justify spending £2000 on a flight. so I suppose it doesn't mean that much!
If you have the opportunity to use them in the future to UUA from WT+ to CW and can afford the $112, then I would save them, but thats just my 2pence worth.
In the end we got them for free, so anything they give us back is a bonus!
the fare difference would be from £700ish for WT+ to £2000+ for CW.
SO i guess that would equal a rough value of £0.065 (US$0.10) per avios. However I could never actually justify spending £2000 on a flight. so I suppose it doesn't mean that much!
If you have the opportunity to use them in the future to UUA from WT+ to CW and can afford the $112, then I would save them, but thats just my 2pence worth.
In the end we got them for free, so anything they give us back is a bonus!
Aug 14, 2012, 2:59 am
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I'm looking at bookings using Avios and these are the options I'm seeing:
4500 Avios or $112 cash
This values my Avios at about 2.5cents per Avios. This looks like a fair value to me. What do you think? What range of redemption value do you look for when redeeming Avios?
*this would be my first Avios redemption; I have 40,000 Avios and am unlikely to acquire anymore.
4500 Avios or $112 cash
This values my Avios at about 2.5cents per Avios. This looks like a fair value to me. What do you think? What range of redemption value do you look for when redeeming Avios?
*this would be my first Avios redemption; I have 40,000 Avios and am unlikely to acquire anymore.
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Aug 14, 2012, 3:01 am
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Aug 14, 2012, 4:58 am
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This might be the more recent thread you were thinking of, henky:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...avios-tps.html
(My answer, third one down, still stands ... for me at least)
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...avios-tps.html
(My answer, third one down, still stands ... for me at least)
Aug 14, 2012, 5:55 am
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Some help might be found here:-
- http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...avios-tps.html
- http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...lue-avios.html
- http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...-question.html
- http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...u-nyc-lon.html
- http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...34k-avios.html
- http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...ently-why.html
- http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...lue-avios.html
- http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...e-ba-mile.html
- http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...lue-miles.html
- http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...lue-miles.html
Aug 14, 2012, 9:34 am
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Thank you for sharing the links! It sounds like spending the 4500 Avios would be the better option.
Aug 14, 2012, 10:10 am
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This might be the more recent thread you were thinking of, henky:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...avios-tps.html
(My answer, third one down, still stands ... for me at least)
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...avios-tps.html
(My answer, third one down, still stands ... for me at least)
Aug 14, 2012, 11:01 am
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As I said before I don't work out the cost of each Avios.....certainly not to the nearest cent. I look at the amount of Avios needed plus the taxes/charges and take it from there.
The cost of a EZE-LHR return in WT+ is 105,000 Avios + $ 882.70......one look at that tells you you'd have to be off your flippin' rocker to stump up that ridiculous amount.....so I wouldn't.
The cost of a EZE-LHR return in WT+ is 105,000 Avios + $ 882.70......one look at that tells you you'd have to be off your flippin' rocker to stump up that ridiculous amount.....so I wouldn't.