Originally Posted by
zkzkz
Thanks. This is super-useful.
I find it odd that shorthaul club europe flights earn so many tier points but long-haul economy flights earn so little. Even WTP only earns twice what a much cheaper shorthaul european flight earns.
I guess it's all relative to the demand and the market. Club Europe is BA's Short-Haul Business class; Discount Euro Traveller only earns 10 TPs whereas it used to not earn any at all. BA really have to entice the (business) traveller to choose them over the competition which I feel is greatest for them in Europe. That's also why they had separate elite thresholds for European members up to this year. By giving them that bit of 'extra' recognition I'm sure they have swayed many others to go for Club over traveller. I know it's been a deciding factor for me.
Of course, Joe Public doesn't often care about these things, but I'm sure that there are quite a few who do; not only here on FT.
Why Long-Haul Economy only earns so little: also enticement for those 'in the know' and those who care to buy higher classes. Don't forget that flexible Economy on a route such as YYZ-LHR earns 70TPs. In turn, if tier points are what matter to you; you're more likely to buy a WT+ fare to earn 90 (which would probably be cheaper). I think BA's model not only rewards loyalty, it rewards premium loyalty with all the incentives to book into higher cabins.
Originally Posted by
zkzkz
It would be neat if someone put together a webapp that let us enter a set of flights and see what would happen under multiple programs side-by-side.
Sadly my coding capabilities aren't quite up to the job of creating something like that. I love the idea though. Hopefully someone can come up with it.