Originally Posted by tristan727
For status that doesn't even give u/g's, unlike others? Would have to be a heck of a lot of flying to get enough free food & booze in the lounge, plus 50% mile bonus to recoup, wouldn't it?
At 150K BA Miles, you're talking about the BA Miles equivalent to a £100K spend on a BA Premium Plus. I'm sure that there are many people who could achieve that in a couple of years just on their ordinary everyday credit card spending. (I make no admissions about myself.)
To put this in perspective, you could get QF Club membership for the equivalent of broadly about £100 a year (plus a one-off joining fee). For BA lounge access when flying BA, it affords you roughly the equivalent of OW Sapphire/BA Silver.
When you compare that to the US airlines' paid memberships, this is one of the travel assistance bargains of the world.
You're suggesting giving up miles whose value is of the same order of magnitude for lifetime BA Gold. As I say, with respect, that's pie in the sky.