Gold Guest List beginner's guide
Mar 14, 2018, 8:04 pm
#1156
Moderator: British Airways Executive Club
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: TPA/ABZ
Programs: BA Lifetime Gold. GGL/CCR.
Posts: 13,248
Mar 20, 2018, 10:12 am
#1157
Join Date: Mar 2018
Programs: BA GGL/CCR
Posts: 8
Long time lurker, first time poster... I'm flying from IAD this week for the first time since I hit 5000 tier points, does the CCR card allow use of the first dining area? I used to visit fairly DC regularly but haven't for a couple of years and my memories is the first dining room in Dulles is very small so wouldn't be surprised to find it's first passengers only but wanted to check just in case.
Mar 20, 2018, 12:20 pm
#1158
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: HEL
Programs: LH SEN
Posts: 517
Today I phoned the GGL line to ticket a reservation that they kindly did for me earlier (was not bookable via ba.com, all flights BA operated though). The agent on the phone quoted a higher price than originally but I did not question it that time (first I thought it's maybe due to currency changes, silly me). Then I noticed the price was exactly 100 EUR higher for two passengers and the ticket receipt says "The price of your ticket includes a service centre fee of EUR 100.00".
I thought GGLs would be exempt from the service fee but has this changed?
I thought GGLs would be exempt from the service fee but has this changed?
Last edited by esledo; Mar 20, 2018 at 12:41 pm
Mar 20, 2018, 12:32 pm
#1159
Ambassador, British Airways; FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Leeds, UK
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, GfL, HH Diamond
Posts: 42,967
Today I phoned the GGL line to ticket a reservation that they kindly did for me earlier (was not bookable via ba.com, all flights BA operated though). The agent on the phone quoted a higher price than originally but I did not question it that time (first I thought it's maybe due to currency changes, silly me). Then I noticed the price was exactly 100 EUR higher for two passenger and the ticket receipt says "The price of your ticket includes a service centre fee of EUR 100.00".
I thought GGLs would be exempt from the service fee but has this changed?
I thought GGLs would be exempt from the service fee but has this changed?
Looking at some of my offline bookings I seem to be charged the UK equivalent service fee of £10 so it appears these are charged.
Mar 20, 2018, 12:45 pm
#1160
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: HEL
Programs: LH SEN
Posts: 517
It definitely seems to be the offline service fee of EUR50 per person for Finland https://www.britishairways.com/trave...club/_gf/en_gb
Looking at some of my offline bookings I seem to be charged the UK equivalent service fee of £10 so it appears these are charged.
Looking at some of my offline bookings I seem to be charged the UK equivalent service fee of £10 so it appears these are charged.
Mar 20, 2018, 1:43 pm
#1161
Moderator: British Airways Executive Club
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: TPA/ABZ
Programs: BA Lifetime Gold. GGL/CCR.
Posts: 13,248
Long time lurker, first time poster... I'm flying from IAD this week for the first time since I hit 5000 tier points, does the CCR card allow use of the first dining area? I used to visit fairly DC regularly but haven't for a couple of years and my memories is the first dining room in Dulles is very small so wouldn't be surprised to find it's first passengers only but wanted to check just in case.
Here's a thread for you to look at in relation to Concorde Dining at IAD. In summary, the answer is probably no unless of course you're traveling in First.
IAD has 'made a mistake' [on CCR card dining]
Mar 23, 2018, 5:39 am
#1162
Join Date: Mar 2018
Programs: BA GGL/CCR
Posts: 8
In the end I got an opup to first that I spotted on the app just before I went to the club dining so it worked out well. The menu was the same as at JFK a couple of weeks ago but I thought the portion sizes were much more generous so this was much appreciated compared to the buffet.
Mar 31, 2018, 5:44 am
#1163
Suspended
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: UK
Programs: BAEC GGL, HH DIAMOND, AVIS Presidents Club, Karahi Express
Posts: 1,229
Quick question : Gifted BA Silver travelling on BA Staff Concession from Canada to London in Economy
Does the Silver card holder still get the Silver Baggage allowance as below even if travelling on Staff concession?
Does the Silver card holder still get the Silver Baggage allowance as below even if travelling on Staff concession?
- A checked baggage allowance of two bags when travelling in economy
- For everyone in your booking, except on hand baggage only (Basic) fares*
- A weight allowance of 32kg (70lb) per checked bag
Mar 31, 2018, 6:12 pm
#1164
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: London
Programs: Don't even mention it. Grrrrrrr.
Posts: 968
BTW in terms of soft landing from GGL, I got Gold.
It hurts less than the Silver I had points for....
It hurts less than the Silver I had points for....
Apr 1, 2018, 12:33 am
#1165
Ambassador, British Airways Executive Club, easyJet and Ryanair
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: UK/Las Vegas
Programs: BA Gold (GGL/CCR)
Posts: 15,927
Apr 1, 2018, 1:55 am
#1166
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: London
Programs: Don't even mention it. Grrrrrrr.
Posts: 968
Apr 1, 2018, 2:01 am
#1167
Ambassador, British Airways Executive Club, easyJet and Ryanair
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: UK/Las Vegas
Programs: BA Gold (GGL/CCR)
Posts: 15,927
Thanks for the reply @Banana4321 so not even close to Gold. I wonder if this is a change in policy? Hitherto the soft landing from GGL has been to Silver as you say.
Apr 1, 2018, 11:04 am
#1168
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: London, ARN, HEL, ..... or MAN
Programs: BA GGL / GFL, Mucci Diamond!, HH Diamond, Radisson Premium, IHG Gold, Hertz Gold
Posts: 5,900
Hmmm interesting to know. I am currently above 1500 TP but not sure whether to stretch to the 3000 TP required to renew GGL (for what I think would be my 7th continuous year of GGL) based on the rumours elsewhere on the forum. If it's going to be a certain soft landing to Gold, I might go for the 3k again this year to protect 2020 which is looking much lighter for flying currently..
Wouldn't it be nice if 10 continuous years of GGL got GGLfL?!
Wouldn't it be nice if 10 continuous years of GGL got GGLfL?!
Apr 1, 2018, 11:39 am
#1169
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Roswell, GA
Programs: BA Gold-Virgin Gold-Delta MM-Hilton Diamond-Hyatt Globalist-Marriott Gold-IHG Plat Amb-Accor Nobody
Posts: 259
Hmmm interesting to know. I am currently above 1500 TP but not sure whether to stretch to the 3000 TP required to renew GGL (for what I think would be my 7th continuous year of GGL) based on the rumours elsewhere on the forum. If it's going to be a certain soft landing to Gold, I might go for the 3k again this year to protect 2020 which is looking much lighter for flying currently..
Wouldn't it be nice if 10 continuous years of GGL got GGLfL?!
Wouldn't it be nice if 10 continuous years of GGL got GGLfL?!
Apr 1, 2018, 12:25 pm
#1170
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: London
Programs: Don't even mention it. Grrrrrrr.
Posts: 968
Well I was Gold this morning, now Silver...