Subjectively, I think it's nonsense but I suspect most of us here will consider that BA slighted us with the changes. Objectively, BAC is still pretty good. The earning is not quite as good as it used to be but points redemption is still pretty good, and the 241 in J having better availability than usual is still a very compelling aspiration offer.
Originally Posted by
KARFA
indeed. unfortunately these faux award ceremonies plague most industries. the way these things work is there are some awards which are created, the organiser then contacts organisations telling them they are up for an award and offering them a table for a party of them to come to the ceremony at a suitably high price. i/we have got several of these invites over the years.
i think the main purpose really seems to be to provide content for linkedin where folks can post photos of themselves with the award so everyone else can blow smoke up their backside and tell them how amazing they are.
i am somewhat cynical of them in case it wasn't clear
In my industry, almost all awards are pay to enter, pay to attend
and pay to win. The ones that aren't pay to enter are still pay to attend (and no-one ever wins if they don't attend, funny that) and you can also only win if $MajorIndustryEntity has proved your worth. You can't win if you've done it off your own back and proved it commercially is good without any external support which is almost my entire business model for my public facing stuff
