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Apr 14, 2009 | 8:14 am

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layz

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Originally Posted by pbarnette

Not quite true with regards to BA. From the BA website:

Silver membership can also be earned or renewed when you take 50 one-way flights or 25 return flights with British Airways.

Gold is strictly via Tier Points, I think. Haven't looked into it, but I believe that these can be in any fare class. Not a great deal, surely, but it is a recent change of note.

Worth remembering that BA Silver is oneworld sapphire which is similar in benefits to ST E+ and *Gold. (i.e. business class lounge access, business class check-in, etc). BA Gold gets you first class lounge access and check-in which no ST tier gets you.

There's no BA tier that corresponds to oneworld ruby which is equivalent to *S or ST Elite.

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