Originally Posted by
Horris
While its all rumour, I would not be surprised if what he says turns out to have some level of truth:
Nothing has been decided yet, though apparently there is a big meeting in London on September 8th, where plans will be laid out. My understanding is that they are adding a Bronze tier and are thinking of raising the requirements for Gold status (their top tier), because there are far too many in the ranks. Once again, this was just a tip given to me by someone “with friends” at BA. I have no way of verifying this information and I am not personally claiming to have insider knowledge, so take it for what it’s worth.
However, I wonder if its just the Euro-Gold level that will increase - I find it harder to believe the non-Euro level will increase. And if it does, I'd expect the Silver threshold to increase too.
And I'm not sure whether this is just badly worded, or whether he doesn't understand Gold, but he says that Gold card holders can give a complementary Silver card.
As of right now, Gold status is pretty lucrative: lounge access (including a guest) at over 250 lounges, Concorde room access at London Heathrow when you hit 5,000 tier points (which is incredible and I reviewed here), complimentary upgrades, the ability to gift Silver status to someone else, priority check-in, increased baggage allowance and 100% mileage bonus on flights.
That's only given at 4500 TPs. And by complementary upgrades, I think he means the GUF2.
I actually think he's simply gone through this page and summarised the benefits:
http://www.britishairways.com/travel...d/public/en_gb