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May 15, 2015 | 6:41 am

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Stewie Mac

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Originally Posted by Stewie Mac

Morning all,

I am currently a BA silver (OW Sapphire) but with the recent changes (cheapest econ get 25% tier points) I'll struggle to maintain that, even though my normal route is LHR-JNB (with only 40 TPs per return, I'd need 15 trips = 172k BIS miles).

I probably fly around 80k BIS miles in OW each year, but that is almost all BA - so now I'm looking for an alternate OW FFP to keep status.... but one that doesn't have any 'own metal' requirement. AA would be obvious but I have no need to go to the US for work, and no inclination to MR there for fun/status - I want to be home with the kids!

Are there any OW FFPs which don't have an 'own metal' requirement?

thanks

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Originally Posted by gemini573

Have you looked into AY? There's no mention about "own metal," requirements.

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Originally Posted by SPBanker

You are right, AY has no own metal requirement.

Thanks guys, good spot on AY. Sadly, they also only give 25% tier points on cheapo BA economy, and would therefore need 20 LHR-JNB returns to get OWS (= 224k BIS miles

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