Kevlondon

So, I just renewed my Silver card having hit 400 TPs as usual for a Eurocheat. My membership year runs til Nov 2014. If I'm counting right, 2013 was the last year when Eurocheat levels applied, and from now on we have to get 600TPs for Silver just like everyone else - am I right?

thanks

Genius1

Yes, correct, you'll need 600 TPs to retain Silver or 1,500 for Gold this membership year.

darthlemsip

Not sure that is correct. Mine still tells me I have to earn 800TP's before 8th Oct '14 to renew Gold. Last year was my first Gold renewal after the cutover date (March 2012 as I recall), and it was two renewals after that, so I'm expecting this to be my last year at the lower threshold

angatol

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Kevlondon

My account does indeed show 400 TPs to retain Silver by Oct 2014, so I will assume I have one more year of the lower threshold before I have to get to 600....

jacobitetraveller

I must have missed something somewhere

but can someone tell me or point me to a post that explains why those in Europe require less tier points to achieve status

darthlemsip

They don't. Well, not anymore

Stez

People with a Europe-based address for their BAEC profile were eligible to reach silver or gold (and the various subtiers of gold) at a lower threshold. This was BA trying to entice European customers to take a potentially less practical route of going via London to the rest of the world rather than from a more convenient airport such as Paris, Frankfurt, etc.

This lowered threshold ended a couple years ago, and there is a grace period for existing European customers to renew at their current tier level under the old lowered thresholds. Of course if that customer dropped a tier during the grace period, he/she will need to get the full points to get back to that tier level.

This is supposed to end within the next year but it is not awfully clear when it will definitely end.

jerry a. laska

Check out these threads:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...ight=eurocheat
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...ight=eurocheat

jacobitetraveller

thanks for the clarification

lorkers

Sorry to bump - I've got the same problem. Did anyone come up with a definitive answer on this?

My account says I've got until 31 Dec 14 to get 800TPs to retain gold - surely one of the last ever renewals under the old Eurocheat.

However I'm reluctant to attempt it, now the easy way to Gold with the CMB F and DOH-BAH-DOH TP earners have bitten the dust. Even 800 may be too much of a struggle for me.

Globalist

As far as I understood this was a 2 year grace period ending next year February. Particularly sad in my vase as my membership year runs to March..

If your account shows 400 points to retain Silver and 800 to retain Gold then go for it. It is the easiest way in the world to enjoy this years status and have another year after that.

Globalist

Frequentflyer99

I reached my year end at the weekend and was most surprised to find that my account shows, once more, that I only need 800 to renew into Gold again next November.

I don't believe that anyone believed that this was how it was intended to be.

Newssexy

Me too.

I wanted to make sure it was as it seemed before booking some CW trips late in 2014 to me to 800 again so made the mistake of phoning the Gold line and got a very confused girl who didn't know anything about the old 800 level for gold, and after a lot of consulting with her colleagues, offered to 'fix' this and put my target at 1500.

I politely declined.

Tafflyer

This has been covered in another thread.

If you were silver/gold on March 31st 2012 you can extend at the old levels for your next 2 membership years.

So, if your year-end is November, your final 2 membership years at the old levels are 2012-2013 and 2013-2014, so you still only need 400 TP by November 2014 to renew for the last time. Simples. Unless, they change it again.