Originally Posted by
Wozza2404
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.
Wow I can hardly keep up with this thread. I’m reading it everyday since day 0 but I’m perpetually behind, so apologies if this has already been posted.
Seems to me that the closest US3 comparison as others have called out is Delta.
Delta operates status on spend excluding taxes and is 1:1. $1 on flights = 1 MQD.
Top tier is Diamond Medallion which requires 28K MQD (£22.5K). Similar to BAC Gold.
They have an invite tier (360) above that with unpublished requirements likely requiring a lot of flying on Delta metal, similar to AAs CK (and BA GGL).
For credit card spend the Delta SkyMiles® Reserve American Express Card gives you 2500 MQDs per year for just having the card and 1 MQD per $10 of spend. It also has a raft of other benefits too.
So it seems BAC is pricing status with a similar US revenue model.
As bisonrav I think pointed out, part of the goal here is to augment revenue with non-flying sources. CC spend presents a significant revenue opportunity for BA.
However the UK Amex TP earning model is limited to 2500 (new) TPs. Probably because of the revenue agreement due to lower interchange fees in the UK.
So in short BAC is priced for the US market and (so far) has worse CC earning benefits.
BAH doesn’t make up for it. Many here have commented is not a great option (split earnings and missing out on hotel programs).