Renewing Gold status
May 10, 2015, 9:22 am
#1
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Join Date: Sep 2014
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 156
Renewing Gold status
My membership year runs June-June. Living in the EU but outside the UK, the TPs needed to renew Gold was stated on my BAEC homepage as 800 since renewal in June '14 until last week. When I logged in to my account on 9 May I found the threshold had gone up to 1500! In case it was a computer 'glitch' I tried again this morning but it is still 1500. It looks like I have been enhanced!
I have a snow ball's chance in Hell of earning 600 TPs in a month. I don't think making a big TP threshold change four weeks before it takes effect is acceptable. I know that Silver and Gold thresholds are being progressively aligned but I have not had any warning either in general or about my own account directly from the BAEC. What should I do? An e-mail to Mr Hillier perhaps?
I have a snow ball's chance in Hell of earning 600 TPs in a month. I don't think making a big TP threshold change four weeks before it takes effect is acceptable. I know that Silver and Gold thresholds are being progressively aligned but I have not had any warning either in general or about my own account directly from the BAEC. What should I do? An e-mail to Mr Hillier perhaps?
May 10, 2015, 9:27 am
#2
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: near Heathrow
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, GfL (OWE), SA LifePlat (*G), BD Gold to the end, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 2,908
Numerous threads on this.
Latest one here : http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...ship-year.html
Latest one here : http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...ship-year.html
May 10, 2015, 9:39 am
#3
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Join Date: Sep 2014
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 156
Numerous threads on this.
Latest one here : http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...ship-year.html
Latest one here : http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...ship-year.html
Last edited by winchpete; May 10, 2015 at 9:45 am
May 10, 2015, 9:56 am
#4
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Kent, UK
Programs: BA Gold, SPG Platinum, Marriott Platinum, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 3,809
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May 10, 2015, 10:32 am
#5
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Join Date: Sep 2014
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 156
Ha, ha. I don't have a problem with 1500 TPs as threshold for Gold as I realise that is what most people have anyway. What I do have problem with is being told about a change 11 months into my membership year.
May 10, 2015, 10:49 am
#7
Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 6,349
I don't think making a big TP threshold change four weeks before it takes effect is acceptable. I know that Silver and Gold thresholds are being progressively aligned but I have not had any warning either in general or about my own account directly from the BAEC. What should I do? An e-mail to Mr Hillier perhaps?
I would imagine BAEC pages have been updated as the grace period and the extended grace period have all run out.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...hresholds.html
May 10, 2015, 12:34 pm
#8
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Helsinki
Programs: BA EC Gold
Posts: 329
You really didn't know about this? Really?
I can agree with the confusion of the website. Mine only updated end of last week. However, this change is 3 years old and should have been enforced last year.
Submit a complaint to BA and let us know what they say.
I can agree with the confusion of the website. Mine only updated end of last week. However, this change is 3 years old and should have been enforced last year.
Submit a complaint to BA and let us know what they say.
May 10, 2015, 2:44 pm
#11
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: ORD
Programs: BA, AA, SQ, UA, AC, WS, MR TIT
Posts: 8,658
I wonder when someone reach the threshold for gold currently for european residents is 800 tier points and shift his address to the US, would that action affect his status and BA will require him to get more tier points?
May 10, 2015, 3:08 pm
#12
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Ipswich
Posts: 7,543
The threshold is 1500 for everyone now. There isn't anyone left on the old 800 arrangement.