bmi : The formal decision tree on when to do your BA status match!
Apr 14, 2013, 3:00 am
#391
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 3,839
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!
Apr 14, 2013, 4:10 am
#392
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
Apr 14, 2013, 6:04 am
#393
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Netherlands
Programs: KL Platinum; A3 Gold
Posts: 28,730
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!
Thanks BA!
Apr 17, 2013, 3:39 am
#394
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 3,839
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Conversely mine is now listed as a downgrade to Silver. Time to dig out the email from BA Customer Services when I raised it first last year.
Response within 72 hours by BA CS, issued sorted.
Well done BA.
Originally Posted by Kgmm77
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!
Well done BA.
May 23, 2013, 12:37 pm
#395
Join Date: Feb 2013
Posts: 11
Hey everyone,
Sorry to dig up an old(ish) thread...
I'm currently listed on Executive Club as:
Tier Point collection year ends 08 Jun 2013
Card expiry date 31 Jul 2013
I am going to miss Silver on BA by a handful of TP this year so want to know if my BMI match will automatically extend me into 2014 anyway. I've had a look through the thread but couldn't quite understand the situation. Can anyone clarify?
Advice is, as always, greatly appreciated.
Sorry to dig up an old(ish) thread...
I'm currently listed on Executive Club as:
Tier Point collection year ends 08 Jun 2013
Card expiry date 31 Jul 2013
I am going to miss Silver on BA by a handful of TP this year so want to know if my BMI match will automatically extend me into 2014 anyway. I've had a look through the thread but couldn't quite understand the situation. Can anyone clarify?
Advice is, as always, greatly appreciated.
May 23, 2013, 12:57 pm
#396
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: SIN 5 days out of 7
Programs: BD*G, A3*G, BA-S, Accor Gold, IHG Amb
Posts: 5,505
I'm not entirely sure, but it will depend when you processed your status match.
The match would last for the end of your current membership year and then a full one. So you would at least have had to enact your status match on or after the 9th June 2012.
The match would last for the end of your current membership year and then a full one. So you would at least have had to enact your status match on or after the 9th June 2012.
May 24, 2013, 2:13 am
#397
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: SW London
Programs: BAEC Silver; Hilton Diamond;a miscellany of other hotel non-statuses
Posts: 3,607
Hey everyone,
Sorry to dig up an old(ish) thread...
I'm currently listed on Executive Club as:
Tier Point collection year ends 08 Jun 2013
Card expiry date 31 Jul 2013
I am going to miss Silver on BA by a handful of TP this year so want to know if my BMI match will automatically extend me into 2014 anyway. I've had a look through the thread but couldn't quite understand the situation. Can anyone clarify?
Advice is, as always, greatly appreciated.
Sorry to dig up an old(ish) thread...
I'm currently listed on Executive Club as:
Tier Point collection year ends 08 Jun 2013
Card expiry date 31 Jul 2013
I am going to miss Silver on BA by a handful of TP this year so want to know if my BMI match will automatically extend me into 2014 anyway. I've had a look through the thread but couldn't quite understand the situation. Can anyone clarify?
Advice is, as always, greatly appreciated.
If you already had a BAEC account then the dates may work through differently.
Jun 1, 2013, 2:01 am
#398
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Scotland
Programs: BA, BD, AF, LH, AA, EK, Hilton, ICHG, SPG
Posts: 1,500
From what I've read here, I thought I'd get BA Gold until May 2014 (with the card expiring end-June) as I was already some 5 weeks into my 2012-13 BA year at the time of matching.
Jun 1, 2013, 2:35 am
#399
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 3,839
I've also just received my Silver pack. In my case I had a relatively small window in which to match: my BA year reset on 08 May 2012 and my bmi Gold status was due to lapse on 30 June 2012. I was away on a trip until 09 June, so had around 3 weeks in which to do the match.
From what I've read here, I thought I'd get BA Gold until May 2014 (with the card expiring end-June) as I was already some 5 weeks into my 2012-13 BA year at the time of matching.
From what I've read here, I thought I'd get BA Gold until May 2014 (with the card expiring end-June) as I was already some 5 weeks into my 2012-13 BA year at the time of matching.
I've contact BA Customer Relations on 6 occasions about this, 4 over the last month and been told at every point I was correct and I'd get my new gold card soon.
Despite this, as of this morning I've been downgraded on the system, losing access to free reward booking changes, extra gold inventory etc. the best Customer Relations could do was send a short email for me to print out to show at lounges and (yet again) told me I'd get a card in 28 days.
Very poor service.
Jun 1, 2013, 1:42 pm
#400
Join Date: Sep 2010
Programs: BMI, BA, Aegean Airlines
Posts: 61
You were in your year and the terms the match were remainder of current year plus next year, so to 8 May 2014 (the same as me).
I've contact BA Customer Relations on 6 occasions about this, 4 over the last month and been told at every point I was correct and I'd get my new gold card soon.
Despite this, as of this morning I've been downgraded on the system, losing access to free reward booking changes, extra gold inventory etc. the best Customer Relations could do was send a short email for me to print out to show at lounges and (yet again) told me I'd get a card in 28 days.
Very poor service.
I've contact BA Customer Relations on 6 occasions about this, 4 over the last month and been told at every point I was correct and I'd get my new gold card soon.
Despite this, as of this morning I've been downgraded on the system, losing access to free reward booking changes, extra gold inventory etc. the best Customer Relations could do was send a short email for me to print out to show at lounges and (yet again) told me I'd get a card in 28 days.
Very poor service.
The BA website still confirms the terms of the match
https://www.britishairways.com/trave...club/_gf/en_gb
Is their some more informed in customer relations to contact?
Jun 1, 2013, 6:39 pm
#401
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: london, uk
Programs: some blue some silver some gold
Posts: 550
Downgraded to Bronze today. When i received my Bronze card a couple of weeks ago i sent off an email and it was confirmed again i would be Silver until 2014... Another email sent. Slightly annoying, maybe they have to do it manually?
Jun 3, 2013, 4:36 am
#402
Join Date: Sep 2010
Programs: BMI, BA, Aegean Airlines
Posts: 61
After a second email to Customer Services again quoting BA's own website I got an email at 2am in morning letting me know I was upgraded back again to Gold.
Seems this had to be done manually.
Perhaps quoting BA own Q&A on BMI status match cut through the confusion & delay on this
Seems this had to be done manually.
Perhaps quoting BA own Q&A on BMI status match cut through the confusion & delay on this
Jun 3, 2013, 4:43 am
#403
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 3,839
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Has your status actually updated online yet?
That's been the sticking point for me.
Originally Posted by BucksFlyer
After a second email to Customer Services again quoting BA's own website I got an email at 2am in morning letting me know I was upgraded back again to Gold.
Seems this had to be done manually.
Perhaps quoting BA own Q&A on BMI status match cut through the confusion & delay on this
Seems this had to be done manually.
Perhaps quoting BA own Q&A on BMI status match cut through the confusion & delay on this
That's been the sticking point for me.
Jun 5, 2013, 2:01 pm
#405
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Scotland
Programs: BA, BD, AF, LH, AA, EK, Hilton, ICHG, SPG
Posts: 1,500
I've also just received my Silver pack. In my case I had a relatively small window in which to match: my BA year reset on 08 May 2012 and my bmi Gold status was due to lapse on 30 June 2012. I was away on a trip until 09 June, so had around 3 weeks in which to do the match.
From what I've read here, I thought I'd get BA Gold until May 2014 (with the card expiring end-June) as I was already some 5 weeks into my 2012-13 BA year at the time of matching.
From what I've read here, I thought I'd get BA Gold until May 2014 (with the card expiring end-June) as I was already some 5 weeks into my 2012-13 BA year at the time of matching.