Nosiness at First Check-in
Aug 15, 2017, 3:49 am
#16
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: BHX
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Does CCR status really generate a number of op ups - and to clarify is this for the card holder or their partner? In the last few years, the only upgrades I've ever had have been once a year, from ET to CE, and only when travelling on a fully flex ticket purchased at the last minute. I'm normally on corporate fares and tend to get diddly squat. Never had a long haul upgrade
I had a CCR card for a couple of years and didn't get a single upgrade (generally flying paid CW). Once I dropped down to 'normal' GGL, I've had a couple of upgrades to F.
Aug 15, 2017, 3:55 am
#17
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Buckinghamshire
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The fact is BA will prefer to upgrade a Silver into CW/F if they have recently flown a few legs in WTP or CW to try and get them to start buying the higher cabin.
I had a CCR card for a couple of years and didn't get a single upgrade (generally flying paid CW). Once I dropped down to 'normal' GGL, I've had a couple of upgrades to F.
I had a CCR card for a couple of years and didn't get a single upgrade (generally flying paid CW). Once I dropped down to 'normal' GGL, I've had a couple of upgrades to F.
Aug 15, 2017, 3:57 am
#18
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Does CCR status really generate a number of op ups - and to clarify is this for the card holder or their partner? In the last few years, the only upgrades I've ever had have been once a year, from ET to CE, and only when travelling on a fully flex ticket purchased at the last minute. I'm normally on corporate fares and tend to get diddly squat. Never had a long haul upgrade
In any case, "never expect an upgrade regardless of one's status" is the only sensible approach here.
Aug 15, 2017, 4:13 am
#21
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Aug 15, 2017, 4:19 am
#23
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Aug 15, 2017, 4:34 am
#25
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One of my favourite collective nouns has to be a murder of crows, which gives rise to this delightful meme
Back onto topic, what would be really interesting (and highly commercially sensitive, so I doubt it will ever come to light) would be travel patterns of Premier/GGL/Gold BAEC members, and perhaps compare that to flights/loads/prices paid.
Some routes will be status-heavy, others won't be, but visualising some of that data would be fascinating.
Aug 15, 2017, 4:46 am
#26
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Aug 15, 2017, 4:49 am
#27
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They look like ravens to me. Ravens are shiny and go blue in sunshine, crows are less shiny and the shine is more green. Moreover who on earth would tag a crow? And where is snuffi when you need him?
Aug 15, 2017, 4:57 am
#28
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Aug 15, 2017, 5:09 am
#29
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Aug 15, 2017, 5:11 am
#30
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I was not expecting to learn how to tell ravens from crows here, although I have been trying to find an easy way to tell them apart so this is rather useful, as it happens.