Originally Posted by
David_Doyle
Silver is indeed excellent, and definitely the 'sweet spot'. It's saved friends of mine seat selection fees on long haul flights and helped another with fastrack and lounge access before various trips including a late notice trip to Scotland where it was really appreciated.
Friends who are Gold this year due to additional travel are happy to have a soft landing to Silver next year and that's where they aim to be ongoing rather than trying to chase Gold.
Agreed as someone who made it to gold for the first and probably only time due to the reduced tier points required along with an unexpected LH work trip, it was the soft landing to silver that encouraged me to take a couple of CE flights to make up the TP to gold.