Part pay with Avios offer - this weekend only [to midnight Mon 23 Aug '21]
Aug 23, 2021, 1:06 am
#77
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The difference could be important if BA later decide that some of us pushed this promo too far.
Aug 23, 2021, 3:37 am
#78
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Sofia flights not until mid-May 2022 so hopefully will be clear by then. If not I will take e-voucher refund for full cash equivalent amount.
Aug 23, 2021, 3:38 am
#79
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I can't see October renewals getting another full year, but you might get the 25% reduced TP thresholds, so a few 160TP runs should do it.
Your other problem with SOF right now, is that UK residents are banned from entering Bulgaria. Worth a punt though, if your flights are well into 2022.
Your other problem with SOF right now, is that UK residents are banned from entering Bulgaria. Worth a punt though, if your flights are well into 2022.
Aug 23, 2021, 4:54 pm
#81
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Unless you need the voucher today, why not maintain the pretense that you are booking a few holidays speculatively due to the promo and then changing your mind a few weeks later?
The difference could be important if BA later decide that some of us pushed this promo too far.
The difference could be important if BA later decide that some of us pushed this promo too far.
Aug 23, 2021, 5:10 pm
#82
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Who in BA will track all of this to come back on you? they have no staff and need the £££ influx - they have also reduced their Avios liability and filled some seats they may not have otherwise
Aug 23, 2021, 5:26 pm
#84
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My final booking was made just a few minutes before midnight and payment was processed at exactly 00:00 on the dot. Over the past 24hrs I have converted nearly 50K Avios into almost £1000 worth of evouchers, plus a small outlay of cash, around £200.
Aug 23, 2021, 6:02 pm
#85
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50k = £1000 I assume you swapped 5,000 avios for £100 10 times.
I couldn't find a fare below £150 that would allow the full 5,000, so I make it a £500 cash outlay - interested as to how you did it - for next time!
Aug 23, 2021, 6:07 pm
#86
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JER to LON was available for £57,60 on many dates. The taxes were £7,60 and base fare £50. Booking that for 9 people was the most optimal method.
Aug 23, 2021, 6:20 pm
#87
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Correct. I booked several £59 fares on that route, using 10,000 Avios for a £200 discount for 4 pax on each booking. My final booking I used 2500 Avios for a £50 discount. Jersey has been a lifeline for cheap fares and zero APD, who remembers the sub £700 business class fares to Hawaii ex-JER at Christmas in 2014? What a bargain! Missing Hawaii...
Aug 23, 2021, 6:33 pm
#88
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Correct. I booked several £59 fares on that route, using 10,000 Avios for a £200 discount for 4 pax on each booking. My final booking I used 2500 Avios for a £50 discount. Jersey has been a lifeline for cheap fares and zero APD, who remembers the sub £700 business class fares to Hawaii ex-JER at Christmas in 2014? What a bargain! Missing Hawaii...
I was considering making smaller bookings so that I’d be able to use multiple vouchers AND pay some balance on my CSR to get delay/cancellation/luggage coverage but I was running short on time.
I guess I could break the vouchers into smaller denominations by making and cancelling some other bookings… but so I think risk ending up with a FTV instead of an e-voucher?
Aug 23, 2021, 6:35 pm
#89
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2 x 10,000 Avios = 2 x £200 (£400) evouchers
1 x 2500 Avios = £50 evoucher
Total 49,500 Avios = £990 in evouchers
Aug 23, 2021, 6:46 pm
#90
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