Has anyone managed to get BAEC to start membership year early?
Nov 3, 2014, 5:04 am
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Has anyone managed to get BAEC to start membership year early?
Ok, so I'm aware that there's a potential exception for BA to grant you a couple of extra weeks on the membership year to hit status, but has anyone ever managed to convince BA to bring forward the start date by a fortnight?
I have two long haul trips coming up either side of the membership year end. Starting early would allow me to hit 600TPs in a matter of weeks and then give almost 2 years membership. If the date can't be brought forward then I'm constrained in choice of route to hit the target and also have to take an extra BA flight....
I have two long haul trips coming up either side of the membership year end. Starting early would allow me to hit 600TPs in a matter of weeks and then give almost 2 years membership. If the date can't be brought forward then I'm constrained in choice of route to hit the target and also have to take an extra BA flight....
Nov 3, 2014, 6:40 am
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Ok, so I'm aware that there's a potential exception for BA to grant you a couple of extra weeks on the membership year to hit status, but has anyone ever managed to convince BA to bring forward the start date by a fortnight?
I have two long haul trips coming up either side of the membership year end. Starting early would allow me to hit 600TPs in a matter of weeks and then give almost 2 years membership. If the date can't be brought forward then I'm constrained in choice of route to hit the target and also have to take an extra BA flight....
I have two long haul trips coming up either side of the membership year end. Starting early would allow me to hit 600TPs in a matter of weeks and then give almost 2 years membership. If the date can't be brought forward then I'm constrained in choice of route to hit the target and also have to take an extra BA flight....
Nov 3, 2014, 9:38 am
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Nov 3, 2014, 10:28 am
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I am receiving a considerable increase in requests to change membership years and I thought it might be helpful to post some general info on this.
The 3 most commons requests are as follows:
1) Members wishing to change membership years for individual members in Household Accounts i.e so that the membership years are aligned for the household
2) Members wishing to extend their membership year to give them longer to attain the next tier or renew their current tier
3) Members who wish to end their membership year early so that Tier Points can be carried forward to a new membership year to stay longer at tier for longer
Unfortunately we cannot extend membership years or change the date when your membership year ends. This is not technically possible and requests cannot be granted whether you contact your local service centre or via pm here. The only exception is where a flight will be taken within 2 weeks of your membership ending and in this scenario we will review this on a case by case basis and can offer a 2 week "grace" period.
The 3 most commons requests are as follows:
1) Members wishing to change membership years for individual members in Household Accounts i.e so that the membership years are aligned for the household
2) Members wishing to extend their membership year to give them longer to attain the next tier or renew their current tier
3) Members who wish to end their membership year early so that Tier Points can be carried forward to a new membership year to stay longer at tier for longer
Unfortunately we cannot extend membership years or change the date when your membership year ends. This is not technically possible and requests cannot be granted whether you contact your local service centre or via pm here. The only exception is where a flight will be taken within 2 weeks of your membership ending and in this scenario we will review this on a case by case basis and can offer a 2 week "grace" period.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...ship-year.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...ear-end-2.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...e-forward.html
Last edited by jerry a. laska; Nov 3, 2014 at 10:34 am
Nov 3, 2014, 10:44 am
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Don't all membership years end on the 8th of the month so bringing it forward/pushing it back by 2 weeks would not be technically possible?
I think it is possible to ask BAEC to grant status on the basis of future travel (within 2 weeks) but it is not possible to ask them to count flights as if they were taken in the new membership year.
I think it is possible to ask BAEC to grant status on the basis of future travel (within 2 weeks) but it is not possible to ask them to count flights as if they were taken in the new membership year.
Nov 3, 2014, 12:08 pm
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Nov 3, 2014, 12:08 pm
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Why don't you just remove the BAEC number from the earlier trip (i.e. the one occurring 13 days before the year end) then wait for the year end TP reset and then add back the trip in a month or so. I doubt BA could retrospectively add the points to a previous year and therefor the TPs would add to the following year which is what I believe you are wanting.
I realise this could mean removing status benefits from the existing trip but as you would be making Silver I presume the flight is in non-Y cabin anyway.
I realise this could mean removing status benefits from the existing trip but as you would be making Silver I presume the flight is in non-Y cabin anyway.
Nov 3, 2014, 12:13 pm
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They'll add them to the current year and then immediately reverse them out again based on the date flown. So it wouldn't work.
Nov 3, 2014, 1:46 pm
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Apart from lioneye's report, I've never heard of this before.