British Airways
This post acidentally became a series...
- Introduction
- Using Stopovers to Save Avios to South America
- Using Stopovers to Save Avios Across the Pacific
- Using Stopovers to Save Avios to Europe
- Using Stopovers to Save Avios to India
- Conclusion
Your next British Airways Avios flight can actually be cheaper if booked with a stopover. I know what you’re thinking, “Drew, the new Avios program is distance and segment based... there are no stopovers.” That’s what I thought too...
Although I must admit that unlimited stopovers with the old Avios is near impossible to...
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Before British Airways revamped their program and renamed their miles program Avios, the benefit was in long-haul flights. You could even book unlimited stopovers, but that's gone now and there is no use crying about it. Though many miles junkies have called the Avios program some bad names, I actually like it. Okay, I will miss the unlimited stopovers, but there are plenty of good aspects.
Now the program is distance based (instead of zone based). So the benefit is in shorter flights. From the end of one zone to the beginning of another. But the problem with British Airways remains to...
Read moreI started out with 370,000 British Airway miles when BA announced that they were changing their program. Under the old program you got unlimited stopovers as long as it was on the way. So last week I redeemed all but 50,000 for the following flights:
New York, NY - Hong Kong (1 Month Stopover).
Hong Kong - Jakarta, Indonesia (4 month stop over to roam around SE Asia).
Singapore - Sydney, Australia (5 week stopover).
Sydney, Australia - Auckland, New Zealand (1 month stopover).
Auckland, New Zealand - Santiago, Chile (3 week stopover).
Santiago, Chile - Easter Island (4 day...
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