Originally Posted by
teledude
Can confirm this is correct - you get two on qualification (might take manual work as takes a few days for your CIV to update to 97 which allows BA to use them) and then a further two in the next year
Ok, great.
My year is April 8th beginning/end. I anticipate hitting the 5000TP threshold post Cape Town, around mid-March 2019, so I should have around a month to use the first set (along with a GUF2 and 2-4-1 that's due to expire) for a 'budget' J/F trip to Japan.
The next lot I'm keen to use for J/F return to Sydney (also with a GUF2, assuming my Avios amounts all add up, eek), which I ought to be able to book from Mid-April 2019.
Then I'm GGL with CCR through end-of-May 2020 and doubt I'll maintain the 3000TP/year as it doesn't seem that worthwhile to me (those two trips above will drain something around 600K Avios, leaving me fairly dry of such currency) and without CCR access at the 3K mark I struggle to see much of a benefit.
Excited to try out the benefits for my one-off year though...!