Originally Posted by
Jpm81
I am Global Services with United (although still waiting for my re-invitation for 2025 despite spending close to $60k on UA metal) so have a bit of experience with spend based status over recent years, after wailing and gnashing of teeth when things change, people end up adapting to it and on United forums, the thought is that there's still too many status holders but the spend thresholds are going up from 2025. Fortunately I'm 4 trips away from hitting million miler on UA which is lifetime gold for me and my wife and was based on BIS miles on UA metal so i may end up dropping down to 1k there and making sure i retain GGL as a priority.
Thing is, the American economy is in a much better state than the British one, and Americans in general have way more disposable income to spare. The US have only three majors (if you don't count WS/B6/AS) in a huge geographical area that helps the business case too and there will always be way more people to tap way more money from in an American economy than in a British one.
Bringing spend-based status across the pond to the Europeans sounds like it'll have the same effect as in America, but I don't believe it will go the way BA has intended.
Unless their raison d'etre is actually to thin out the American crowd, which ends up affecting everyone as well