Originally Posted by
Petrus
Same has happened to me. ^
Even with BA's newer algorithm in place, a Gold on reward booking will in a majority of cases stand a better chance of being moved forward than a Blue on revenue. That being said, it's been a long time since I got upgraded.
Think I was Silver at the time. I was certainly flying more, and on the BOM-LHR route with the family we usually booked WTP and MFU'd to Club. I had frequency too - the BOM-based crew started recognising us...