GGL benefits timing
#106
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#107
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Would you explain again why you want to do this? What is the benefit if the recipient is already a gold card holder? If the recipient doesn't renew gold on their own the following period (e.g. insufficient BA flights) you could gift it once they drop down to silver.
Yes. If the original two jokers are not used by the end of the membership year they will be replaced by two new ones at the renewal date. In the case you describe above the first two would not really exist because the member will probably have reached their year end before the GGL status occurred.
Yes. If the original two jokers are not used by the end of the membership year they will be replaced by two new ones at the renewal date. In the case you describe above the first two would not really exist because the member will probably have reached their year end before the GGL status occurred.
#108
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Would you explain again why you want to do this? What is the benefit if the recipient is already a gold card holder? If the recipient doesn't renew gold on their own the following period (e.g. insufficient BA flights) you could gift it once they drop down to silver.
Yes. If the original two jokers are not used by the end of the membership year they will be replaced by two new ones at the renewal date. In the case you describe above the first two would not really exist because the member will probably have reached their year end before the GGL status occurred.
Yes. If the original two jokers are not used by the end of the membership year they will be replaced by two new ones at the renewal date. In the case you describe above the first two would not really exist because the member will probably have reached their year end before the GGL status occurred.
The logic to the second response is that GGL is not attained if flights do not post before the year end.Yet the flights are back dated to allow correct status to be earned but the benefits are not it appears?
#109
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The jokers are replaced with new ones. There is no loss of the 'published' benefit.
#110
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Any opinion on the GC to a GCH question?
Thanks
#111
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My experience of GGL benefits is that not everything is enshrined in some formal procedure or set of rules, and manual adjustments can be made in appropriate cases where the strict position isn't clear. Personally I would say that the fact that BA make the manual adjustments to allow someone to attain GGL status on the back of flights taken right at the end of their TP collection year but which will likely credit afterwards already means they are being quite helpful. If, however, that isn't good enough and someone wants the two jokers they have 'lost' (but as you say, would only have had two days to use even if all flights had credited at the speed of light) then they can ring the GGL line and ask nicely. Just please don't come here and whinge about it as if it were a human rights issue if the agent happens to say 'No'.
#112
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4.1. A Member shall be eligible for two Gold Guest List Redemption Rewards per Tier Point Collection Year starting on the date that the Member received an invitation to the Gold Guest List and was able to receive the Services. This does not affect Members ability to spend Avios in the usual way under the Executive Club membership Terms and Conditions.
4.4. Gold Guest List Redemption Rewards must be used before the end of the Tier Point Collection Year in which the benefit was issued. No Gold Guest List Redemption Rewards may be carried over and any unused Gold Guest List Redemption Rewards will be lost if Membership of the Gold Guest List for whatever reason terminates. There is no cash alternative or compensation available if the Member fails to use his/her Gold Guest List Redemption Rewards.
#113
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And, ahem, the GCH question
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#115
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Yes, you can gift a Gold Card to an existing Gold Card holder.
Ensure you wait until they are in their new card year. i.e. if their tracking period runs to 8 Nov, their cards will expire on 31 Dec. So, in this case, wait until the start of Jan. They will then get their status extended for another year (i.e. another year beyond the current year of their card)
I did exactly this for my wife just a couple of months ago.
Ensure you wait until they are in their new card year. i.e. if their tracking period runs to 8 Nov, their cards will expire on 31 Dec. So, in this case, wait until the start of Jan. They will then get their status extended for another year (i.e. another year beyond the current year of their card)
I did exactly this for my wife just a couple of months ago.
#117
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Yes, you can gift a Gold Card to an existing Gold Card holder.
Ensure you wait until they are in their new card year. i.e. if their tracking period runs to 8 Nov, their cards will expire on 31 Dec. So, in this case, wait until the start of Jan. They will then get their status extended for another year (i.e. another year beyond the current year of their card)
I did exactly this for my wife just a couple of months ago.
Ensure you wait until they are in their new card year. i.e. if their tracking period runs to 8 Nov, their cards will expire on 31 Dec. So, in this case, wait until the start of Jan. They will then get their status extended for another year (i.e. another year beyond the current year of their card)
I did exactly this for my wife just a couple of months ago.
#119
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Even more amazingly, BA's IT can cope with this without any issues (in my experience at least!). I did it all online and it just worked.
Although says something about BA's IT track record when I'm surprised that something actually works seamlessly
Although says something about BA's IT track record when I'm surprised that something actually works seamlessly