Sentences with phrase «sweet spot for avios»

I've heard from the Flyertalk guys about the Boston to Dublin sweet spot for Avios points.

These are some of my top sweet spots for Avios and I think they show that despite recent devaluations, Avios can still be extremely valuable and offer some of the best redemptions available.

Not exact matches

If you've followed the points & miles game for a while you may recall the sweet spot that once existed when redeeming British Airways Avios to fly Aer Lingus metal from Boston to Ireland.

Another sweet spot is using Avios for awards on Aer Lingus from the US / Canada East Coast to Dublin.

As a currency Avios has taken a lot of hits over the past twelve months with partners like American Airlines and Alaska handing out fewer Avios for travel and more Avios are now needed for short - haul flights (a one - time Avios sweet spot)-- they've been a very poor option for long - haul flights for some time.

Overall there are still some decent redemptions to be had for short - haul flights using Avios but, once again, British Airways has removed one of the biggest sweet spots in their award chart and that doesn't endear them to me any more.

The distances between these destinations stays in Zones 5 and 6 for Avios so the rates are pretty reasonable but the sweet spot is getting to destinations in the southern part of South America, such as Santiago.

As you can see, the only true sweet spot would be going from Boston to Dublin for 75,000 Avios round trip.

To show you how good this sweet spot is for the BA award chart, United would require 60,000 miles for a roundtrip business class redemption from DFW to CUN which is 30,000 more than Avios (and twice the price)!

There are several sweet spots for British Airways Avios.

Update: Check out my article on using Iberia Avios to book business class tickets to Europe for updated information on Avios sweet spots.

Going from Miami to Aruba (1,133 miles) is just under the 1,150 mile threshold for the next Avios zone, so it's a great sweet - spot to hit.

Now check out my article on the sweet spots for redeeming Avios!

I consider Avios to be a valuable currency because there are many ways to earn them and there are several sweet spots that you can take advantage of if you know how to look for them.

British Airways Avios are some of the most valuable miles out there for their «sweet spot» redemptions on short - haul flights on American Airlines and Alaska Airlines, so they make up an essential part of any well - rounded travel rewards strategy.

One of the best options is to use British Airways Avios for nonstop flights between the US and Ireland — although Aer Lingus «moved» Boston (BOS) and Dublin (DUB) further apart in order to charge higher redemption rates, you can still book flights with British Airways Avios using off peak rates, which opens up a slew of new sweet spots to choose from.

I have put together maps of many the various sweet spots using British Airways Avios from the West Coast, the Midwest, the East Coast and Florida — check out yours (as well as the others for ideas on how to put all of these sweet spots to work for you) if you haven't already!

Using British Airways Avios this way is one of the great sweet spots in travel rewards as this would have cost 35,000 American Airlines miles each for the exact same flight!

Another sweet spot is an Economy award redemption from London to the USA East Coast (New York, Washington, Baltimore, and Boston) which only costs 26,000 Avios for the round trip in off - peak periods (but these flights come with heavy taxes making them not so attractive after all).