Spend Avios
Nov 22, 2018, 6:31 am
#1
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Spend Avios
Today i decided to do a Christmas trip and spend some Avios on it.
Total cost of the flight for two in Business from Brussels to Heathrow was 620€.
With Avios i payed 27000 Avios and 110€. So 27.000 Avios saved me 510€
Not to bad of a deal i think?
I also booked the hotel with Avios.
Price without Avios direct at the 4 Star hotel just around the corner from The London Eye was 203 Pounds or 14.536 Avios, so around 1.5 pence per Avios.
What do you think? Should i have done better?
I definetly gonna have a lot of fun with Ms Seraglio. Love London at Christmas time.
Total cost of the flight for two in Business from Brussels to Heathrow was 620€.
With Avios i payed 27000 Avios and 110€. So 27.000 Avios saved me 510€
Not to bad of a deal i think?
I also booked the hotel with Avios.
Price without Avios direct at the 4 Star hotel just around the corner from The London Eye was 203 Pounds or 14.536 Avios, so around 1.5 pence per Avios.
What do you think? Should i have done better?
I definetly gonna have a lot of fun with Ms Seraglio. Love London at Christmas time.
Nov 22, 2018, 6:51 am
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Nov 22, 2018, 7:34 am
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Nov 22, 2018, 9:55 am
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The Tower Hotel is by the Tower I would think, a Gouman hotel, so not really next door to London eye, but very close to the Tower though! I haven't stayed there since 2004 when it was called Thistle Tower, but the an the breakkie was quite good with a nice view over Tower Bridge, and restaurant still in the same place! 
Nov 22, 2018, 10:53 am
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The best use of Avios is using them to get something you want.
so from the sounds of it, you did well.
so from the sounds of it, you did well.
Nov 22, 2018, 12:12 pm
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I don’t think I’ve ever looked at Avios/£ ... I have both, and use them in a way that makes sense to me. I am thus a heretic!!
Nov 22, 2018, 3:13 pm
#9
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As al,ostball my flights are company payed, avios are for free. I do not put a certain value on the,. But when trading them in for a nice experience i actually looked to get the most out of them.
still have a lot left so might upgrade some longhaul in the nearby future.
still have a lot left so might upgrade some longhaul in the nearby future.
Nov 23, 2018, 12:46 am
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I tend to assume 1 Avios = 1p which is near enough to the rolling average.
I will cost promos on this basis and sometimes won't bother as a result, but I rarely if ever let Avios earning influence my flight purchases.
Likewise on redemptions, always happy to save more than a penny per but it's the convenience of buying a (practically) fully flexible ticket (GGL so no fees) that really attracts me
I will cost promos on this basis and sometimes won't bother as a result, but I rarely if ever let Avios earning influence my flight purchases.
Likewise on redemptions, always happy to save more than a penny per but it's the convenience of buying a (practically) fully flexible ticket (GGL so no fees) that really attracts me
Nov 23, 2018, 12:51 am
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As al,ostball my flights are company payed, avios are for free. I do not put a certain value on the,. But when trading them in for a nice experience i actually looked to get the most out of them.
still have a lot left so might upgrade some longhaul in the nearby future.
still have a lot left so might upgrade some longhaul in the nearby future.
Nov 23, 2018, 2:17 am
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I would not have payed the 620€.
But with the Avios, its fairly cheap to use them. And its all about the experience.
Nov 23, 2018, 4:27 am
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If i hat no Avios, i would have booked the flight in Economy as it's only a 1 hour flight. In that case the flight (outbound and inbound) would have cost around 240€ for 2.
I would not have payed the 620€.
But with the Avios, its fairly cheap to use them. And its all about the experience.
I would not have payed the 620€.
But with the Avios, its fairly cheap to use them. And its all about the experience.
I was just remarking that while perfectly reasonable not to concern oneself with calculating the ‘value’, *if* you are choosing to do it, better to use a realistic measure.
Nov 23, 2018, 7:08 am
#14
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Just my 2pence but if you have silver/gold status, very rarely would I suggest that business class to a short haul destination in Europe is worth it. Why spend the extra €£ for a one hour hop I don’t really get it personally but of course each to their own.
And in your case, your gold status automatically allows in your missus anyway
And in your case, your gold status automatically allows in your missus anyway
Last edited by Brisbane Road; Nov 23, 2018 at 7:16 am
Nov 23, 2018, 7:36 am
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@ Brisbane Road ... I do CE for the TPs, using Avios to abate the cost. That includes 3-hour hops to MLA, which is a slightly different story, but always CE JER-LGW. Gold doesn’t come easy for the older leisure traveller! 
Let’s be honest ... the complexity of individual circumstances prevents a one-size solution.
Let’s be honest ... the complexity of individual circumstances prevents a one-size solution.