Your guide to the Executive Club, attaining status and earning Avios | 2016
May 9, 2016, 7:10 am
#226
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Italy
Programs: BAEC Gold, TK Gold, Accor Gold
Posts: 310
Well it's the QR one that is on the Premium Offers forum. £1000 Italy-Auckland roundtrip. Worth taking to achieve Gold?
I've just come back from NZ, loved it and might consider going back if Gold is really worth over Silver. Since I am new to EC, I thought about asking here.
I've just come back from NZ, loved it and might consider going back if Gold is really worth over Silver. Since I am new to EC, I thought about asking here.
May 9, 2016, 7:22 am
#227
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Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: London
Programs: Mucci. Nothing else matters.
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However, if you were thinking about going to New Zealand again anyway, and this fare is so low that it's tempting you to do it; and if achieving Gold would be an incidental by-product of that extra trip, then it might be worth it. But that still depends on your normal travel patterns, about which we know nothing - getting Gold would be worth more to some people than to others, simply because they would use more of the benefits during the course of the time that they have Gold.
May 9, 2016, 7:26 am
#228
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Leeds, UK
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Well it's the QR one that is on the Premium Offers forum. £1000 Italy-Auckland roundtrip. Worth taking to achieve Gold?
I've just come back from NZ, loved it and might consider going back if Gold is really worth over Silver. Since I am new to EC, I thought about asking here.
I've just come back from NZ, loved it and might consider going back if Gold is really worth over Silver. Since I am new to EC, I thought about asking here.
There is some information on gold benefits in post #4 of this thread, but I don't know whether any of these are of value to you.
May 9, 2016, 7:44 am
#229
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Italy
Programs: BAEC Gold, TK Gold, Accor Gold
Posts: 310
Thank you both. I'd love to go back to NZ and try the world's longest flight. I agree Gold would be secondary but will look into it anyway. I'm currently Gold on AF, AB and TK but looking to consolidate my travels to OW and S*, leaving ST. So it might be worth it.
May 9, 2016, 10:14 am
#230
Join Date: Sep 2007
Programs: AA, BA, Accor, Honors Diamond, IHG Diamond Elite and lots more....
Posts: 2,972
Well it's the QR one that is on the Premium Offers forum. £1000 Italy-Auckland roundtrip. Worth taking to achieve Gold?
I've just come back from NZ, loved it and might consider going back if Gold is really worth over Silver. Since I am new to EC, I thought about asking here.
I've just come back from NZ, loved it and might consider going back if Gold is really worth over Silver. Since I am new to EC, I thought about asking here.
May 10, 2016, 5:14 am
#231
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 8
BA TP flying Qatar
DOH-ADL on QR appears to be missing from the BA tier point calculator, while DOH-MEL and DOH-SYD both work fine. Is there something special about the ADL route that means TP are not awarded? Perhaps it is not codeshare? Does it earn TP?
For 160 TP in I/J, I would go via MEL.
*** addendum ***
I see that DOH-ADL on QR was due to commence from 2nd May 2016, which might explain the lack of information on BA tier point calculator. It takes a bit of work to convince the QR website to accept ADL as a destination - on my browser it didn't accept ADL in the destination field, however if you enter the flight search via the route map it is possible.
In theory it should earn TP right?
For 160 TP in I/J, I would go via MEL.
*** addendum ***
I see that DOH-ADL on QR was due to commence from 2nd May 2016, which might explain the lack of information on BA tier point calculator. It takes a bit of work to convince the QR website to accept ADL as a destination - on my browser it didn't accept ADL in the destination field, however if you enter the flight search via the route map it is possible.
In theory it should earn TP right?
May 10, 2016, 5:35 am
#232
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Leeds, UK
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DOH-ADL on QR appears to be missing from the BA tier point calculator, while DOH-MEL and DOH-SYD both work fine. Is there something special about the ADL route that means TP are not awarded? Perhaps it is not codeshare? Does it earn TP?
For 160 TP in I/J, I would go via MEL.
*** addendum ***
I see that DOH-ADL on QR was due to commence from 2nd May 2016, which might explain the lack of information on BA tier point calculator. It takes a bit of work to convince the QR website to accept ADL as a destination - on my browser it didn't accept ADL in the destination field, however if you enter the flight search via the route map it is possible.
In theory it should earn TP right?
For 160 TP in I/J, I would go via MEL.
*** addendum ***
I see that DOH-ADL on QR was due to commence from 2nd May 2016, which might explain the lack of information on BA tier point calculator. It takes a bit of work to convince the QR website to accept ADL as a destination - on my browser it didn't accept ADL in the destination field, however if you enter the flight search via the route map it is possible.
In theory it should earn TP right?
I think your theory about why it isn't yet showing on the calculator is correct.
May 10, 2016, 11:38 pm
#233
Join Date: Jan 2005
Programs: BA Gold, AA Lifetime Gold 1.8mm, IC Spire Ambassador, Hilton Diamond, SPG Gold et al
Posts: 4,350
As others have said I would not pay £1,000 just to get gold, however if you fancy the trip and do not think you will qualify next year for even Silver then you could look at it being Gold for the next full membership year and silver for the year after. As opposed to Silver and then Bronze.
If you perfect the qualification timing with your membership year start, the soft landing policy gives you worthwhile status for a long period of time. In those circumstances going for Gold might be worth the expenditure.
May 11, 2016, 6:11 am
#234
Join Date: Sep 2007
Programs: AA, BA, Accor, Honors Diamond, IHG Diamond Elite and lots more....
Posts: 2,972
BAEC calculators says bronze one way earns 875 avios for R & I, and 1375 for J, C, and D. Silver earns 1000 avios for R & I, and 1500 for J, C, and D.
Your upgraded status to silver wouldn't have been processed in time to automatically be reflected for your DUB-LHR flight, so you will need to call and I believe they will look at crediting any extra avios - i.e. the difference between the 25% and 50% tier bonus.
Your upgraded status to silver wouldn't have been processed in time to automatically be reflected for your DUB-LHR flight, so you will need to call and I believe they will look at crediting any extra avios - i.e. the difference between the 25% and 50% tier bonus.
I will try calling as filling in the online missing avios form, it tells me my ticket number is wrong.
May 11, 2016, 6:47 am
#235
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: C2c
Programs: GOLD: AZ....maybe :-P
Posts: 629
You can check it in the QR sub-forum
May 11, 2016, 6:53 am
#236
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Where have you seen it stated it can only be credited to QR's own FFP?
May 11, 2016, 9:08 am
#237
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: C2c
Programs: GOLD: AZ....maybe :-P
Posts: 629
QR R booking class is creditable to BAEC and shown in the earning tables on ba.com https://www.britishairways.com/en-gb...-avios/flights
Where have you seen it stated it can only be credited to QR's own FFP?
Where have you seen it stated it can only be credited to QR's own FFP?
They were talking about this "new fare" in that terms.
But was nothing official.
For that reason I suggested to check it.
If I can recall the post I will share it.
May 11, 2016, 9:16 am
#238
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http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...-business.html
May 11, 2016, 9:49 am
#239
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: C2c
Programs: GOLD: AZ....maybe :-P
Posts: 629
Yes, the issue was the new booking class (R) was not on the earning tables for BAEC. It now is as of 1 May.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...-business.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...-business.html
May 11, 2016, 7:59 pm
#240
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: MEX-LIS
Programs: QR-PLT, AM-Platino, TK-Elite
Posts: 298
Hey Guys I have a quick question regarding attaining Silver.
It is a requirement to fly 4 BA flight but is that 4 in total or 4 in addition to the 2 flown to achieve Bronze?
I currently have 725 TPs and 6 BA flights in total but I am still at Bronze. So now I am confused.
It is a requirement to fly 4 BA flight but is that 4 in total or 4 in addition to the 2 flown to achieve Bronze?
I currently have 725 TPs and 6 BA flights in total but I am still at Bronze. So now I am confused.