Originally Posted by Sixth Freedom

BA Executive Club Master

To become an Executive Club Master you must have achieved each of the following:
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* Used Avios or BA Miles to purchase a non-flight item

Originally Posted by Sixth Freedom

Reaching GGL or even lifetime GGL is easy if you or your employer have deep pockets. All you need to do is travel in premium cabins a bit more than once and a half a month.

Accordingly I propose a much deeper test of loyalty to BA over a lifetime of flying.

To be inclusive and accessible to people who are enthusiastic about flying BA rather than just simply rich it should be relatively easy to achieve without an enormous budget.

So here it is! Can you become a BA FT Octomaster?!

Suggestions for refinements and improvements are welcome

BA Seat Master

To become a BA Seat Master you must have held a boarding card allocating each of the following BA seats at least once:

* 1A on any BA aircraft
* All the prime Club World upper deck seats on the 747 – either 62A or 62K and both 64A and 64K
* A centre seat in any cabin apart from First
* A World Traveller Plus ‘throne’ seat on the 747 – either 28B or 28J
* An exit row seat in either Euro Traveller or World Traveller

BA Cabin Master

To become a BA Cabin Master you must have travelled in every BA cabin at least once:

* UK Domestic
* Euro Traveller
* Club Europe

* World Traveller
* World Traveller Plus
* Club World
* First

BA Schedule Master

To become a BA Schedule Master you must have taken a flight operated by a BA aircraft on each of the following itineraries:

* A UK domestic flight

* A trans-Atlantic flight
* A flight to a destination in Africa
* A flight to a destination in either Asia or Australia (or both )
* A flight to a destination in Europe

* A fifth freedom sector (e.g. BAH<>DOH or SIN<>SYD) (this need not have been on a separate ticket, so LHR-DOH and LHR-SYD would count)

* A flight on either a BA franchise holder past or present (e.g. Comair) or subsidiary past or present (e.g. OpenSkies)
* A flight on one of BA’s oneworld partners

BA Fleet Master

To become a BA Fleet Master you must have travelled on every aircraft model currently operated by BA:

* Airbus 380
* Airbus 321
* Airbus 320
* Either Airbus 319 or Airbus 318 (or both )

* Boeing 787
* Boeing 777
* Boeing 747

(Note: I have not made 318 compulsory because New York is only one destination and hence too specific to make the challenge inclusive enough)

UK Lounge Master

To become a UK Lounge Master you must have visited each of the following lounges:

* Concorde Room at Heathrow Terminal 5
* Galleries First at Heathrow Terminal 5
* Galleries Club North at Heathrow Terminal 5
* Galleries Club South at Heathrow Terminal 5
* Galleries Club at Heathrow Terminal 5 B
* Galleries Arrivals at Heathrow Terminal 5

* Galleries First at Heathrow Terminal 3
* Galleries Club at Heathrow Terminal 3

* First lounge at Gatwick
* Terraces lounge at Gatwick

* At least one other BA lounge anywhere else in the UK (including Jersey)

International Lounge Master

To become an International Lounge Master you must have visited each of the following lounges:

* A BA operated lounge in Europe
* A BA operated lounge in the Americas
* A BA operated lounge in either Africa or Asia
* A lounge operated by one of BA’s oneworld partners

(Note 1: I have not included CCR at JFK because New York is only one destination and hence too specific to make the challenge inclusive enough)

(Note 2: I have not distinguished between first and business class lounges because first class lounges are too rare to make the challenge inclusive enough)

(Note 3: I combined Africa and Asia because there are not many BA operated lounges outside of Europe and the Americas)

BA Executive Club Master

To become an Executive Club Master you must have achieved each of the following:

* Used Avios or BA Miles to purchase a ticket for a flight operated by BA
* Used Avios or BA Miles to upgrade between any two cabins on a BA operated flight
* Used Avios or BA Miles to purchase a non-flight item
* Used Avios or BA Miles to make a redemption on a flight operated by one of BA’s oneworld partners
* Used a two-for-one voucher
* Complete a tier point run

BA FT Octomaster

To become a BA Octomaster you must complete all the above and post at least one BA-related trip report here on FT!

Bonus Star

To get the Bonus Star you must have not only become a BA FT Octomaster but also have completed at least one BA flight on a staff or airline industry travel basis!