bmi : The formal decision tree on when to do your BA status match!
Dec 11, 2012, 10:20 am
#376
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: SAO & NYC
Programs: AA EXP (2 MM)
Posts: 303
Don't hold your breath. BA has repeatedly increased the advertised time for processing status matches, and is breaching even the 21 working days limit that is currently advertised. I applied on 9 November (immediately my BA year ticked over) and today is 21 working days later, but I'm still blue.
Dec 11, 2012, 9:52 pm
#377
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Regional Vic, Australia
Programs: BAEC Gold, UA*G, former BD*LG :-(
Posts: 250
Very true! I applied for the first time on 8th Oct and got nothing, I suspected the http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/bmi-d...d-working.html was to blame so tried again once the 21/28 days expired, still nothing. However, logged into BA yesterday to find my account has been upgraded to Gold thru Dec 2014.
Dec 12, 2012, 3:21 am
#378
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: London, UK
Programs: BA GGL
Posts: 262
Dec 13, 2012, 5:47 pm
#379
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: NE & SE Asia, N America
Programs: TG ROP Gold, Lifetime OZ Diamond Plus, BA Gold
Posts: 3,105
From the diamondclub.org FAQ:
Diamond Club members can continue to tier match to the Gold and Silver Executive Club tiers until 31 December 2012. After December 2012, the Executive Club will not offer any further opportunity to tier match.
If I were you I would get the match request in sharpish (provided your BA year has ticked over) and chase it up in a week or so if you haven't heard anything. Lots of these things seem to go missing and I'd hate to be unmatched at the year end.
Diamond Club members can continue to tier match to the Gold and Silver Executive Club tiers until 31 December 2012. After December 2012, the Executive Club will not offer any further opportunity to tier match.
If I were you I would get the match request in sharpish (provided your BA year has ticked over) and chase it up in a week or so if you haven't heard anything. Lots of these things seem to go missing and I'd hate to be unmatched at the year end.
Dec 20, 2012, 5:53 am
#380
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: BHD, LHR, DUB
Programs: Onetime bmi * Gold lifetime membership, BA Gold, HH Diamond, Starwood Gold
Posts: 393
This is probably a stupid question but does anyone know if the following means my new BA Gold card will run to January 2015? I've just status matched from bmi gold after my BA Silver year finished on 8 December 2012.
Membership year ends: 08 Dec 2013
Card expiry date: 31 Jan 2015
Thanks.
Membership year ends: 08 Dec 2013
Card expiry date: 31 Jan 2015
Thanks.
Dec 20, 2012, 11:05 am
#381
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: UK
Programs: BA S, VS S, SQ G, HH D, IHG D/A, Marriott G, Radisson G, Hertz PC
Posts: 3,945
Yes it does - seems as expected to me, you've renewed just after your existing year ended so get a full two years, plus the one month grace period on the card, thus 31/1/15. Not sure quite what the query is as it seems pretty clear? (lots of us have instead been told two years but only been given card expiry dates of 1 year - although have been assured this will correct itself).
Dec 20, 2012, 1:37 pm
#382
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: London, UK
Programs: BA GGL
Posts: 262
I've been given a card expiry only just over a year away. Is it still recommended to contact BA and get them to confirm that it will roll automatically? Is a PM to Nicci the best way to do this or should I e-mail BA?
Dec 20, 2012, 2:27 pm
#383
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: UK
Programs: BA S, VS S, SQ G, HH D, IHG D/A, Marriott G, Radisson G, Hertz PC
Posts: 3,945
Glad to see their systems are remaining totally inconsistent from month-to-month!! Hopefully PM to Nicci should do the trick but given she's out-of-office soon I'd consider going down both routes to be safe.
Dec 20, 2012, 5:40 pm
#384
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: BHD, LHR, DUB
Programs: Onetime bmi * Gold lifetime membership, BA Gold, HH Diamond, Starwood Gold
Posts: 393
Yes it does - seems as expected to me, you've renewed just after your existing year ended so get a full two years, plus the one month grace period on the card, thus 31/1/15. Not sure quite what the query is as it seems pretty clear? (lots of us have instead been told two years but only been given card expiry dates of 1 year - although have been assured this will correct itself).
I was a bmi lifetime gold so would still rather have diamond club than two years as Gold with BA. I’ve been BA Gold in the past but it takes a bit of effort. I was fortunate though that the end of my BA year matched exactly with the end of the status matching.
bmifly
Dec 20, 2012, 6:27 pm
#385
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: UK
Programs: BA S, VS S, SQ G, HH D, IHG D/A, Marriott G, Radisson G, Hertz PC
Posts: 3,945
Ah OK - yes, the counter still seems to say that - I guess for GGL you'll need to earn the whole number of TPs so they've status matched you but haven't given you 1420 TPs, hence it still says your TP count is at zero.
Apr 8, 2013, 11:36 pm
#386
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: UK
Programs: BA S, VS S, SQ G, HH D, IHG D/A, Marriott G, Radisson G, Hertz PC
Posts: 3,945
Well I was one of the folk given only 2013 rather than 2014 card expiry. As of this morning my TP and membership year have reset but my status is still showing as Gold. However the card expiry still says 31/5/13 rather than 31/5/14 - does anyone know if this means the downgrade has gone ahead or does the card expiry always lag? :S
Edit: sadly looking at http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...d-renewed.html it seems like Silver downgrade likely to take place given the lack of update of card expiry. Off to PM Nicci.
Edit: sadly looking at http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...d-renewed.html it seems like Silver downgrade likely to take place given the lack of update of card expiry. Off to PM Nicci.
Last edited by EDIflyer; Apr 8, 2013 at 11:45 pm
Apr 10, 2013, 3:15 pm
#388
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: HKG
Programs: Marriott Ambassador (Titanium Lifetime), BA Gold, Ex-Hertz 5* PC, Ex-HH Diamond, Ex-BD*G
Posts: 3,062
Same happened to me this weekend with my reset, seems all fine and the following activity line - redemptions reduced my paid travel a lot this year, and a lot of the paid flights ended up on star!:
Hopefully works out all fine as I don't really want to be bothering Nikki unnecessarily.
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08-Apr-13 Points Reset for New Membership Year -300 0
08-Apr-13 Points Reset for New Membership Year -300 0
Apr 14, 2013, 2:38 am
#390
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: UK
Programs: BA S, VS S, SQ G, HH D, IHG D/A, Marriott G, Radisson G, Hertz PC
Posts: 3,945
All looking good today! Gold retention pack showing as having been ordered today and card expiry has reset to May 2014 
Result! Many thanks to BA and bmi. Matching to Gold was a good choice by BA - now I've experienced the increased reward availability of Gold (and some of the F lounges) I'm now pretty likely to work to retain it!
Result! Many thanks to BA and bmi. Matching to Gold was a good choice by BA - now I've experienced the increased reward availability of Gold (and some of the F lounges) I'm now pretty likely to work to retain it!