there is a particular point that some folks on expensive last minute fares were finding they were getting the same or even worse status levels than those of us at the other end of the extreme - the lower value travelers able to get ggl on less than £5k, declaration i am certainly at the "value" end of the scale. you can see why those people may be somewhat miffed! the new scheme does clearly recognise spend a lot more and should limit this kind of disparity.

you can dispute the way ba went about all this, the implementation, and the spend levels status was set at. but fundamentally, a revenue based system should be fairer - you spend more, you get more trinkets.