Originally Posted by
Chrispyat60
Hi Lobengula,
Really enjoyed the last paragraph, very good! Terrible how we are made to feel really inferior! All this hassle because we enjoy flying BA and using the UK as a gateway.
Just to clarify for other EX UK residents based in Europe, 1 round trip in First (intercontinental) transiting London gives enough TP´s for new member/0 Blue to jump to "Eurocheat Silver" in one go. This could of course happen within a couple of days, meaning that in theory you would only need just over 1 year to make "Eurocheat Gold".
BA are clever enough to realise that an incentive is necessary for us "Europeans" to transit the UK, when one sees the unlimited travel options available between Europe and the rest of the world.
Anyway, I wouldn´t fly any other airline unless there was a realy good reason!
Just to clarify I don't think anyone is upset with those who genuinely live or spend most of their lives in Europe.
I think the point made above is about those who live permanently in the UK and just use a European address to get their card mailed to (that's the definition of Eurocheat).
I agree that those actually living in Europe should be given an incentive to travel through the UK.