Originally Posted by
Globaliser
Status isn't a reward for loyalty. It's a set of benefits for those who have demonstrated a small amount of commercial importance to the airline. If you're weekly commuting on 5TP short-haul fares, you're not really of much commercial importance to the airline.
If you were of real commercial importance, you'd be a Prem.
True... except BA gets far less revenue from hundreds of Gold and GGL FTers than they get from a weekly commuter.