British Airways Avios has come out with a new subscription model for buying Avios, in which the price per Avios comes out to an all-time-low price of 2.11¢ (CAD) each.
Buying points won’t always be a good deal, but can be in certain cases, such as when topping up your account for a redemption or when booking a premium cabin award to shave hundreds off the cash price.
While Avios frequently puts on promotions for buying points, the new Avios subscription model is a cheaper but longer-term alternative to consider.
Buy Avios for 2.11¢ (CAD) Each
Styled as a way to “supercharge your Avios collection”, British Airways has launched a new subscription model in which you pay a certain amount, billed either annually or monthly, in exchange for having a fixed amount of Avios deposited into your account per month.
This subscription comes at slightly different price points depending on if you choose the annual or monthly billed plan. Here’s the annual pricing:
And here’s the monthly pricing:
The annual plan comes out to the best price here, as you’d be getting two months free in exchange for paying the whole year upfront.
Regardless of whether you choose the annual or monthly billing, Avios would flow in monthly. For example, under the highest-tier Adventurer plan for 200,000 Avios, this would be 16,667 Avios per month for 12 months.
The Adventurer plan for 200,000 Avios per year would be the most optimal one to sign up for, in order to unlock the buying rate of 1.53¢ (USD) per Avios, or about 2.11¢ (CAD) each.
Running the numbers, the monthly version makes very little sense at 2.41¢ (CAD) per point purchased, compared to regular buying Avios promotions in which you can acquire Avios at rates as low as 2.3¢ (CAD) each.
It’s also worth noting that the UK version of the subscription represents a much better deal, with each Avios costing £0.89 or 1.37¢ (CAD) each. This is a very attractive price to scoop up Avios, considering our current valuation of 1.9¢ (CAD).
Just like one-time purchases of Avios, the currency you buy in is automatically set based on the country your British Airways Avios account is registered in, so Canadian accounts will be billed in USD according to the USD dollar amounts.
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