Originally Posted by Crampedin13A

Considering it would take a spend of approx $48K CAD to get BA Gold under the new BAC rules it simply is not worth it. Almost everybody who spends their own money is leaving BAC especially since the value proposition of Gold over Silver is simply not worth it. I agree with you on the inflated AC TATL fares. They used to be in lockstep with BA but BA is generally cheaper now with AF/KL even cheaper.