dickydotcom wrote:I got an email from Avios yesterday advertising a sale now. I didn't read it properly as I don't have enough points to do much but I seem to recall 40% off some routes.
I've seen no correlation between VS's and BA's reward seat sales.
BA's reward seat sales were the economy ones, which like VS, have never been particularly good value even at a reduced points cost, due to taxes/whatever being most fof the fare. VS's reward seat sales of economy usually were a stepping stone into the credit card PE upgrade voucher. BA doesn't have those...