Originally Posted by fiona
Surely it will just enrage all those who have actually earned it. And obviously some of those will have taken flights they didn't really need just to get/stay at Gold.
Originally Posted by GUWonder
If this enrages anybody, those directly enraged by any such extension will be a miniscule fraction of all BA Golds.
I agree with
GUWonder. The thousands of compensation miles are, IMO, a greater dilution of elite perks than a one-year renewal of Gold status. Now the competition for award availability will be more fierce.
Originally Posted by latitude
I was a few tier points short of gold this year, by few I mean single figures. I had emailed Lyndsay for some assistance (I did also start a thread on this..). I got a belated reply pretty much stating the contents of the letter above.
However (as is usual in my case
) I received nothing in the post or via email to the same effect.
I can understand your annoyance. My colleagues got renewed with only about half the tier points required for Gold. With meetings in Germany and Switzerland, they were more than willing to shift business to *A after one CE flight with no catering.