Priority Boarding being removed as a bronze benefit?
Feb 27, 2015, 1:55 am
#1
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: glasgow, scotland
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Posts: 224
Priority Boarding being removed as a bronze benefit?
Sorry if this has already been covered. But my Dad just hit bronze and the welcome email has zero mention of Priority Boarding as one of the listed advantages. The BA website still lists this though, as did the fast track lanes at T5 last night. Perhaps an indication that it is about to be revoked?
Feb 27, 2015, 2:08 am
#5
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: 15 minutes west of LHR, Stockholm, or somewhere inbetween.
Programs: BAEC Gold GGL, CCR, GfL, Mucci des Recherches des Consommations Exotiques.
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I also really hope they remove priority boarding for Bronze.
Priority boarding has become almost worthless since they extended it to too many people.
In fact, sometimes on a Monday or Friday, there are more people in the priority queue than in the general one.
I pay for premium class tickets and I'm not pleased with the de facto removal of priority boarding for premium PAX.
bjorns
Priority boarding has become almost worthless since they extended it to too many people.
In fact, sometimes on a Monday or Friday, there are more people in the priority queue than in the general one.
I pay for premium class tickets and I'm not pleased with the de facto removal of priority boarding for premium PAX.
bjorns
Feb 27, 2015, 2:15 am
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Join Date: Jul 2014
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Feb 27, 2015, 2:55 am
#12
Join Date: Oct 2005
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 1,330
FIRST only first.
then business, with Gold only.
then onwards. it seemed to work well.
Feb 27, 2015, 3:10 am
#13
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: UK
Programs: BA GGL, BA Amex Prem, Amex Plat, Hilton Diamond, Sir Crazy8534 de l'ordres des aides de Pucci
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There are 2 ways to get bronze: 1. Fly hardly ever in premium cabins (you get PB anyway and you are hardly ever using PB). 2. Fly a lot down the back (for 25 sectors a year you can have PB for all it's worth). I think the idea that the bronze card holders are somehow cramming the PB queues to breaking point is overblown on here. My regular route EDI-LHR is absolutely chokka with gold, silver and their OW equivalents.
As has been said: the solution is simple and costs nothing and would make (almost) everyone happy without having to remove PB from bronze!
As has been said: the solution is simple and costs nothing and would make (almost) everyone happy without having to remove PB from bronze!
Last edited by crazy8534; Feb 27, 2015 at 3:26 am
Feb 27, 2015, 3:23 am
#15
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: LCY
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There are 2 ways to get bronze: 1. Fly hardly ever in premium cabins (you get PB anyway and you are hardly every using PB). 2. Fly a lot down the back (for 25 sectors a year you can have PB for all it's worth). I think the idea that the bronze card holders are somehow cramming the PB queues to breaking point is overblown on here. My regular route EDI-LHR is absolutely chokka with gold, silver and their OW equivalents.
As has been said: the solution is simple and costs nothing and would make (almost) everyone happy without having to remove PB from bronze!
As has been said: the solution is simple and costs nothing and would make (almost) everyone happy without having to remove PB from bronze!