There are several
sweet spots for British Airways Avios.
Not exact matches
Cathay Pacific and
British Airways (Oneworld partners) both have distance - based award charts that contain some
sweet spots, but watch out
for the high surcharges.
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.
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.
We have learned about some of the
sweet spots with
British Airways and how many miles are needed
for travel to India in Various cabins.
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!
There are many other «
sweet spot» redemptions you can make with your Chase Ultimate Rewards such as transferring them to Singapore Airlines,
British Airways or Korean Air
for United, American, Alaska Airlines or Delta redemptions to Hawaii.