Originally Posted by
aerolaw
I doubt the credit card spend will be 1:1. DL for example has two cards, one is 10:1 ($650 annual fee) the other is 20:1 ($350 annual fee). So, for the latter card, every $20 charged on the card you gets $1 credit towards status. I can assure you that BA will not give you 2,500 tier points for £2,500 in credit card spend.
They've already trialled this so we have a good idea where the ball park might be. It was 100 tier points for a £15k spend, and additional 50 when you hit £20k.
So those 2500TPs they're offering at the new system seems likely to be for £25k spend.