Question re: BA 16,000 Avios promotion
Jun 5, 2018, 3:20 pm
#1
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Join Date: Sep 2013
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Question re: BA 16,000 Avios promotion
Last April I noticed the promotion giving you 16.000 Avios extra if you flew 8 times (for instance 4 return trips) between April and the end of June. My situation is as follows:
1 return flight flown in April after registering but booked before registering - So 2 flights
2 return flighs in May and June booked and flown after registering - So 4 more flights.
As things stand I think I will get a bonus of 4,000 Avios. Are 12,000 worth a cheap London-XXX return before the end of June?
If the rules of the promotion mean that only flights booked and flown after registering qualify I'll keep whatever bonus I get, but if I am two flights away from the big prize I wonder if a day trip on an HBO fare would be worth it.
Views, Opinions, etc. please
1 return flight flown in April after registering but booked before registering - So 2 flights
2 return flighs in May and June booked and flown after registering - So 4 more flights.
As things stand I think I will get a bonus of 4,000 Avios. Are 12,000 worth a cheap London-XXX return before the end of June?
If the rules of the promotion mean that only flights booked and flown after registering qualify I'll keep whatever bonus I get, but if I am two flights away from the big prize I wonder if a day trip on an HBO fare would be worth it.
Views, Opinions, etc. please
Jun 5, 2018, 4:18 pm
#2
Join Date: Sep 2015
Programs: LH SEN; BA Gold
Posts: 8,404
Depends on how cheap the London-XXX return is. I'm seeing same day returns to BRU/LUX for 79£ in Y (probably less via an OTA) on a couple of dates in June.
Jun 5, 2018, 4:23 pm
#3
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Sussex, UK
Programs: BA:Gold Amex:Green :IC Platinum Elite Amb
Posts: 660
Got the same issue. 7 segments flown by the end of the month, OH only 6. So is it worth the extra flights?
12,000 AV is worth a minimum of £97 so not worth the extra flghts unless they are stupid cheap (economy HBO) or 2-4-1 and GUF earning are taken into account.Not sure why they ran this promotion.
Jun 5, 2018, 5:49 pm
#4
Join Date: Jul 2005
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Got the same issue. 7 segments flown by the end of the month, OH only 6. So is it worth the extra flights?
12,000 AV is worth a minimum of £97 so not worth the extra flghts unless they are stupid cheap (economy HBO) or 2-4-1 and GUF earning are taken into account.Not sure why they ran this promotion.
Jun 5, 2018, 10:24 pm
#5
Join Date: May 2014
Location: BRU
Programs: BA GGL, TK E (*G), ITA exec
Posts: 4,072
If you have no other means to gain avios, a cheap flight can worth it. If the flight is also associated with a leisure weekend, the better 
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Jun 5, 2018, 11:40 pm
#6
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,492
1 return flight flown in April after registering but booked before registering - So 2 flights
If the rules of the promotion mean that only flights booked and flown after registering qualify I'll keep whatever bonus I get, but if I am two flights away from the big prize I wonder if a day trip on an HBO fare would be worth it.
If the rules of the promotion mean that only flights booked and flown after registering qualify I'll keep whatever bonus I get, but if I am two flights away from the big prize I wonder if a day trip on an HBO fare would be worth it.
https://www.headforpoints.com/2018/0...flights-promo/