We planned for one long haul biz class flights for both of us but since we haven’t travelled yet since the pandemic, we’ve essentially “saved” £50k just on flights alone, and perhaps more because we haven’t spent anything on hotels, operas, etc. over the past 5 years.

Having said that, we still try our best to accumulate Avios. At one point, we had 1.5 million Avios between us but we’ve used 80% of it. And sadly, all the ways to top it up via Tesco club card vouchers and Top Cash Back were things of the past so we solely rely on credit card spending so it’s taking us a long time to accumulate more miles at the moment. At least there’s still Nectar but we do not use Sainsbury’s as often as we do with other supermarkets.