Originally Posted by
zaphod424
7.5k spend on flights is not at all a trivial amount of money for all but the wealthiest of self funded travellers. It's slightly more palatable given the BAH system, but even then £7.5k per person is still a lot to spend on holidays for the vast majority of families, and even for couples/individuals without children.
For a family of 4 you'd have to spend £30k a year on holidays to hit that due to the way it's divided up. £20k if you're getting the CC cap (but that would mean only one member of the family gets silver, unless both parents have the card and each spend the expected £25k to hit the cap. If not, the others would be bronze so not everyone can even use the lounges), but even that is a lot of money, and is absolutely not trivial in any sense of the word.
You missed my point. Currently it takes about two ultra long haul J's to just about get to silver (perhaps with a few extra flights, which most frequent flyers here would also typically do).
Under new system, it takes about two ultra long haul J's two just about get to silver (perhaps with a few extra flight, which most frequent flyers here would also typically do). Minus TP's that we will be able to get from amex (up to 2500).
Both cases apply equally to everyone.