Originally Posted by
dodgeflyer
They are not BA when it comes to SPA treatments etc... but then again, you would not make the same level with BA for the same amount of flights/price.
Living in Mainland Europe, you will reach BA silver with one TATL trip in J + one relatively cheap return in J to London. This gives you most of the benefits of ST+ with significantly less travel. Indeed, I have trouble thinking of a program that is "easier" to reach elite status on. That being said, as you mentioned, you will get no status if you fly BA solely in Y, but many at the BA board swear by premium economy, which will also get you status pretty quickly - just over 2 TATL trips.