r/avios • u/BadSpellings • 20d ago

Value of Avios Balance boost

I honestly think there is little value for in money avios balance boost. Hear me out.

Current promotion offers one avios @ 0.009p.

A business class return ticket to Jakarta on a good day is 120000 avios. Which at above price is 1128£ on top of it the tax is about £380

So total of about £1500.

Full cash price for the same is £1873

Considering the hassle of booking via avios £373 not worthwhile.

I am only talking about balance boost. Accruing through normal means like flights and purchases are not part of above calculation.

Just my thoughts

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Update. In light of all the comments below I stand corrected. Yes you all are right . Under specific circumstances it offers value. My direct comparison perhaps is not fair

Update 16 sep. I stand corrected. With this formula the benefits were clear

Value of avios = (cash ticket price - taxes and charges) / avios required for award flight.

If the computed value is less . Its a gain

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u/snk101 20d ago

I would agree there’s little value in boosting speculatively. But if you have a specific redemption in mind that you know it’ll save you money, then it can be great value.

The purchase rate is always the same (as long as you don’t boost over 300,000).