What I did say was that «you can
buy Avios for one cent each year - round.
The British Airways Executive Club is running a promotion whereby members can
buy Avios and get a bonus of up to 30 % on top depending on how many Avios they buy.
If your account is in the US this allows you to
buy Avios from 1.85 cents but, if you're fortunate enough to be based...
If you can see that the cost of a cash fare for your trip is greater than what a reward flight would cost (and reward flights are available for booking) then it may be a good idea to
buy some Avios and book your trip that way.
I'll mention a few benefits of Iberia Plus a bit later as this post is primarily to let you know that you can currently
buy Avios from Iberia Plus and get a...
Note: don't forget that British Airways handles its own Avios purchases so be sure to use a credit card that offers a bonus for airline / travel purchases if you do decide to
buy some Avios.
British Airways handles its own Avios purchases so be sure to use a credit card that offers a bonus for airline / travel purchases if you do decide to
buy some Avios.
If you were to
buy Avios at 1.85 cents each in the current promotion you could immediately use them to book this fare for a total outlay of $ 473.70 ($ 462.50 + $ 11.20) saving yourself $ 188.30 per person.
and that's despite the fact that this is one of the more generous «
buy Avios» promotions we've seen for a while.
For US - based travelers I consider this a promotion to be avoided (at 1.84 cents / Avios you'll struggle to get your money back on most routes) but, for UK / EU - based travelers, if
you buy Avios considerably cheaper than this there's probably value to be had if you look carefully.
If your account is in the US this allows you to
buy Avios from 1.84 cents but, if you have your BAEC account registered in the EU, the cost should be a lot lower (probably around 1.3 cents — I don't have access to an EU - registered account so I can't be sure)
If you're flying within Europe where Reward Flight Saver (RFS) means that taxes and surcharges are capped then it's possible that, if
you buy Avios at the cheapest rate, you could be ok during peak summer season....
I'll mention a few benefits of Iberia Plus a bit later as this post is primarily to let you know that you can currently
buy Avios from Iberia Plus and get a bonus of up to 30 % on top.
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If your account is in the US this allows you to
buy Avios from 1.84 cents but, if you have your BAEC...
The British Airways Executive Club has joined United & American in launching a points promotion and, this time around, it offers Executive Club members the chance to
buy Avios with a 50 % bonus.
If you have a credit card that earns you bonus points on spend made direct with airlines you need to consider the effective rebate those points will be earning you if you were to
buy Avios direct from British Airways.
If your account is in the US this allows you to
buy Avios from 1.85 cents but, if you're fortunate enough to be based in the EU, the price drop to just 1.2 Euro cents.
If your ticket price don't amount to many rewards, you can simply
buy Avios so as to boost your rewards balance.
It's possible to buy 9,000 Avios for $ 273, so in this case,
buying the Avios from scratch and paying the nominal security fee would be a better deal than paying the cash rate on the flight!
This is probably the only situation that we'd recommend
buying Avios as usually they aren't good value to purchase (even if there's a promotion running).
If you may transfer at a rate worse than the transfer bonus, then you would be better off
buying the Avios here for 1.3 cents each.
The following credit cards would be among the best cards to use if
buying Avios from British Airways:
While on the face of things this the offer isn't hugely attractive, there will definitely be instances where
buying Avios in this promotion will be a money saver and therefore a very good idea.
You should not be
buying Avios in this promotion on the off - chance that you'll get to use them for a great deal — who knows when Alex Cruz will decide it's time to devalue the Avios reward chart one more time.
Also, miles SAAver availability on American Airlines (the type of award availability you'll need if you're to use Avios to book) is not good at all so don't consider
buying Avios in this promotion unless you can already see award availability for your dates online.
... it's hard to rationalise
buying Avios at these prices if you're flying long - haul (don't forget you have to factor in BA's surcharges as well).
but it's a myth that fares on routes like these are always high — I've seen days where all flights on this route were under $ 130 — so don't assume that
buying Avios to use on routes like these is a certain money saver.
If you fly a lot of short - haul flights that are often highly priced then
buying Avios at 1.63 cents can be a very good deal.
The 50 % bonus is available on any number of Avios purchases so the promotion doesn't force BAEC members to buy more Avios than they need... but I'm not sure anyone should be
buying Avios anyway.
Yes, there will always be exceptions where
buying Avios at 2 cents or at 1.2 pence will work out to be a money saver (short haul journeys during ultra-peak times or when buying a short - haul ticket close in to departure) but they're very much the outliers in the travel world and should not be used as a general reason to buy miles in this sale.
If I don't generally use my cashback in any way other than a cash withdrawal or Avios then I'm essentially
buying Avios at # 0.008 each.
There is a base fee for
buying Avios and the cost of the Avios points varies based on how much you purchase.
Not exact matches
If you frequently
buy tickets on British Airways, you will rack up a substantial number of
Avios in no time.
The value of these
buy - one - get - one certificates dropped by 50 % on some awards, which makes them (and therefore
Avios) less valuable.
The card does come with a nice sign - up bonus of 50,000
Avios, which is enough to
buy a round - trip economy flight between the West Coast and Japan.
The card does come with a nice sign - up bonus of 50,000
Avios, which is enough to
buy a round - trip economy flight between the West Coast and Japan.
You should
buy the lap child ticket with
Avios on any international itinerary, and just call AA to add her on domestic ones.
You could think of this as
buying Skymiles at 1.09 cents each, or paying $ 999 in order to convert 28,571
Avios into 120,000 Skymiles.
If you frequently
buy tickets on British Airways, you will rack up a substantial number of
Avios in no time.
He would essentially be
buying the 7K
Avios discount for $ 90 (in other words,
buying 7K
Avios at a rate of ~ 1.28 cents each).
I would suggest to Alex that if he is no longer generating British Airways
Avios and he intends on flying on routes where British Airways
Avios are valuable, there is value in
buying up
Avios at this rate.
If he wants to save his
Avios, or he can't find enough seats on the same plane then I suggest he be flexible on his dates and
buy up flights around his dates.
That means you must collect, spend,
buy or transfer at least one
Avios point every three years.
In my opinion, this is a good price to
buy British Airways
Avios at, if you are using them regularly and are not generating them through credit card spend.
He can then use 20K
Avios + $ 55 in taxes / person to
buy roundtrip tickets from Toronto to Dallas.
With British Airways awards, you can
buy up needed
Avios at a rate of about 1.3 cents each or so.
Any
Avios you earn from credit card spending, flying or BA's other partners won't expire as long as you collect, spend,
buy or transfer one
Avios every 36 months.
British Airways handles its own
Avios sales so, if you have a credit card that earns a bonus for spending in the «travel category», you can earn a fair number of bonus points
buy buying Avios direct from the airline.
The Starwood promotion allows you to
buy a maximum of 30,000 Starpoints which will convert to a maximum of 37,500
Avios (assuming you have at least 10,000 Starpoints already in your account to allow you to transfer the Starpoints across in multiples of 20,000 to make the most of the bonus).