Originally Posted by
Tobias-UK
You make a very interesting point, and I also note that those who tend to be the most vociferous about how poor BA has become are often those who quickly grab the the mistake fares, wait for ex-EU sales to take long, very cheap and convoluted TP runs to inflate their status as cheaply as is possible. They moan about everything and about how much better the competition is, yet they keep returning to BA for more??? Some of them want to invite complete strangers in to the lounges for a booze and binge-fest and expose BA to even more cost.
I really do wish BA would up the amount of BA metal that must be flown in order to maintain or achieve status - perhaps make it more than 60% of total TPs, that should soon stop the whining here.
I hadn't thought of that as I really hadn't counted all those people. I'm afraid that my threshold of boredom is too easily achieved. All I can say is that you are absolutely right about the amount of "BA" people need to fly to get status. Still I suppose that is basically the thread on which OneWorld and all these others alliances depend.