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I have a bunch of Avios and am not sure how to redeem them best. We want a holiday somewhere warm 4 hours or less from the UK. We were looking at Gran Canaria or Teneriffe but my work has just told me I can’t travel in November/need to be available – and so it’s more likely I’d be looking at October availability; or just give up until next year. There doesn’t seem to be much availability in October, and where there is the taxes seem a bit more: £40 pp more than Gran Canaria to redeem flights to Majorca, which means that for 3 of us, the price of a redemption in economy is about the same as cash fare on easyJet. Hoping for ideas that give real value over EasyJet (like the Canaries)… where EasyJet costs more (extra distance?) and where the taxes are nice and low (£10-11) Any help with this appreciated. We have 60k Avios and three travelers (one child).
We do an annual February short trip on BA with Avios. To find some sun we’ve done Gibraltar, Rome and Marrakech. The latter was the only one that was properly hot but the others definitely felt warm coming out of the UK winter.
How about Portugal? There’s some great October availability according to Reward Flight Finder. You’ve also got 5 airports to consider – so a better chance of seats. It’s also pretty warm in October.
There have been reports of easyJet incentivising gate staff to check all hand bags and charge the rule breakers. easyJet checked bag prices can also be very high.
BA is a winner for avios redemptions with bags included.Correction, I was basing expected taxes off seatspy. A quick look at BA reward flights is showing tiny amounts for tax.
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