Jliles

After a very busy year of paid travel, I just jumped on to BA.com and saw my new Tier Point balance... Back to Ought. Kind of gave my a little heart skip.

Sigh. Feb. 8 sure rolls around fast.

Time to start anew!

Yahillwe

It happens to me every single year... Hate it so so so much.

I feel your pain.

Fruitcake

Me too... but see it as an opportunity. No problems, only opportunites!

Where excites you for 13/14?

Sixth Freedom

Mine will also be at zero effective a day or two ago! D

greg5

Yep. Me too. I got a letter from James Hillier that told me that I could try and get to silver, which arrived on the same day, with my bronze card.

T8191

An excellent and positive perspective. Our 8 May looms on the horizon, but with sufficient bookings to retain Silver by thenl. And, IIRC, we fly again on 9 May, and the roundabout keeps working, which is what the programme is all about - flying (fairly) frequently

dubbin

Every year? This thread happens every month here on the BAEC board!

kanderson1965

Silver safely in the bag this year, not looking good for next though, too much dipping into the Avios pool. Looks like a couple of paid TATL CW trips needed by next March.

flyingbee

Last month I reset back to zero too, and I dropped down to silver too.
Which now means I really need to make sure I get some TPs this year because I've not got that soft-landing to rely on.

thundercat

Mine went from 760 to 0 on the 9th January and it was very drepressing so I now have enough flights booked in the coming months to get back to Bronze and looking for that deal to keep Silver.

ShamrockSpeedBird

I've been Silver for 5 years now, but always just fell short of Gold. Fortunatley (or unfortunatley if you ask my family due to the absences I just went Gold on the outleg of the business trip I am currently on. I know what the technical differences are between gold and silver, but for those who are gold can I ask these questions:
- Did anyone recognize that you had made the step up, on the trip you made it on?
- Did you notice any differences in how BA staff engaged with you from silver to gold?
- Did you get upgraded more often than when silver? I know what the upgrade protocol is supposed to be, but anecdotally from talking to my fellow travelers in WTP I seem to have experienced this allot less (only once) than they. I presumed it was because my company uses a global TA who gets us what are supposed to be cheap (although I don't think they are that cheap) tickets and thats why I get passed over. Or maybe its because I'm not considered SFU (I do smile pleasantly on checkin - actually maybe thats the problem

Lolbert

Can't wait for mine to reset in April - I have no more benefits available!

LondonAndy

Congrats
1) No.
2) No.
3) No - in fact I got upgraded more when Silver than Gold!

xenole

Mine reset back in Dec but only lost about 30TP. Sitting at 990 at present awaiting my next long flights that will get me gold for the first time.

Never had an upgrade as silver (as said before, might be as I'm flying CE or CW already or everything above Y is full). Did get put in an exit row straight after getting silver for the first time but whether that was related to it, no idea.

windowontheAside

I've noticed no difference in the way I've been treated since making gold (besides the published benefits of course).

No recognition on the 'next' flight.
No personal greeting - which as regulars will know is something that puzzles me. I've read here so often that people get welcomed personally and it's only happened to me once in many sectors. Either they're special or I'm doing something wrong! Not that I seek such attention, I'm just intrigued by the variation in experience that's reported here.
Not sure about upgrades. I've had a few as silver and gold. Think it's much more likely to be down to the route travelled. Last time I was upgraded, the other pax also upgraded were silvers.