Originally Posted by
MumbaiDan
What I heard is a bit different. Apparently they are considering to get rid of the Premier status and replace it with a new Concorde status. This new status can only be obtained with flights on IAG airlines in premium cabins and it will have "serious" benefits. Current Premier that don't achieve the new threshold will become GGL.
This doesn’t make any sense? Premier is to reward decision makers who are in control of serious BA spend budgets. It is not related to flying. Also, aren’t there only 1000 of them? Hardly a “thorn” in BAECs side? You are saying they will scrap that? Maybe, but sounds weird?
I can see (and understand) if they make 5k per year the new GGL hurdle. Makes perfect sense, eliminates “low rent GGLs”, and makes the circle ALOT more exclusive, but how is the Premier related to this? Looking forward to Mr Hillier’s email...