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Aug 19, 2013, 12:52 pm
#211
Ambassador, British Airways Executive Club, easyJet and Ryanair
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: UK/Las Vegas
Programs: BA Gold (GGL/CCR)
Posts: 15,930
I think it much more likely that the GGLers are very regular business travellers who would rather have a tooth pulled without anaesthetic than get on yet another aircraft just to do a mileage run.
Aug 19, 2013, 2:09 pm
#212
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: London, ARN, HEL, ..... or MAN
Programs: BA GGL / GFL, Mucci Diamond!, HH Diamond, Radisson Premium, IHG Gold, Hertz Gold
Posts: 5,907
The GUF2s are really only Avios-savers when I use them so are not worth getting too excited about 
Aug 19, 2013, 2:18 pm
#213
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Ipswich
Programs: BA GGL, Royal Ambassador
Posts: 311
GGL a gimmick ? It is by far the single most useful status level I've ever had for so many reasons - useful things far from gimmicks !
And nope, not a single TP run done ... why on earth would I want to be on a plane more ???
Ed
And nope, not a single TP run done ... why on earth would I want to be on a plane more ???
Ed
Aug 19, 2013, 6:21 pm
#215
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 47
I don't travel unless I have to fly for work or for holiday. I am not sure why anyone would do a mileage run to get to a status level but I guess people do. The idea of non-essential flying fills me with dread.
On the topic of GGL and BA, since Jan, I have not really flown on BA metal - preferring CX and new AA seats. I think I have done 25% BA and the rest on CX,AA, MH in 2013 - at a guess. It is possible
On the topic of GGL and BA, since Jan, I have not really flown on BA metal - preferring CX and new AA seats. I think I have done 25% BA and the rest on CX,AA, MH in 2013 - at a guess. It is possible
Aug 19, 2013, 10:19 pm
#216
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Israel (some of the time)
Programs: BA GGL, CCR; AF/KLM FB Silver; M&M LH FTL; LY GLD; HH Diamond; SPG Gold; A-Club Silver; Avis PCI
Posts: 2,054
Agree with the other posters, I will never do an MR to maintain GGL or any status for that matter. I'm about to lose the CCR card (which I held for one year) and would not dream of an MR so I could keep it even though I'm quite close.
Admittedly, I lost it because of BA's changes on the TLV route which has decreased premium seat capacity and caused me to have to make a couple of trips to NA on other airlines but still, the point remains GGLers generally fly too much anyway and I suspect most of them do most of their travel on BA.
Admittedly, I lost it because of BA's changes on the TLV route which has decreased premium seat capacity and caused me to have to make a couple of trips to NA on other airlines but still, the point remains GGLers generally fly too much anyway and I suspect most of them do most of their travel on BA.
Aug 19, 2013, 10:51 pm
#217
Join Date: Apr 2005
Programs: Hyatt Lifetime Globalist, SQ PPS Solitaire
Posts: 3,600
Agree with the other posters, I will never do an MR to maintain GGL or any status for that matter. I'm about to lose the CCR card (which I held for one year) and would not dream of an MR so I could keep it even though I'm quite close.
Admittedly, I lost it because of BA's changes on the TLV route which has decreased premium seat capacity and caused me to have to make a couple of trips to NA on other airlines but still, the point remains GGLers generally fly too much anyway and I suspect most of them do most of their travel on BA.
Admittedly, I lost it because of BA's changes on the TLV route which has decreased premium seat capacity and caused me to have to make a couple of trips to NA on other airlines but still, the point remains GGLers generally fly too much anyway and I suspect most of them do most of their travel on BA.
CCR card qualification could be changed to 3,000 TP on BA metal only and BA could think about some nice perks.
Aug 19, 2013, 11:09 pm
#218
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Anywhere I need to be.
Programs: OW Emerald, *A Gold, NEXUS, GE, ABTC/APEC, South Korea SES, eIACS, PP, Hyatt Diamond
Posts: 16,046
210,000 AA miles is worth MUCH more than the equal amount of Avios IMO.
Aug 20, 2013, 12:25 am
#219
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: London, ARN, HEL, ..... or MAN
Programs: BA GGL / GFL, Mucci Diamond!, HH Diamond, Radisson Premium, IHG Gold, Hertz Gold
Posts: 5,907
(actually I lie... I was moved twice from BA to BD when BA shorthauled the overnight to DME... but moved by BA and by then BD was part of BA anyway)