In case you missed it... BAEC wins again
Mar 23, 2016, 3:31 am
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In case you missed it... BAEC wins again
BAEC once again was awarded the best European Airline loyalty programme by the FT community. I suppose it was no match considering the poor show by the competitors 
http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel...rams/82058796/
The FT statuette will be delivered by hand to BA Executive Club with much fanfare by the forum moderators, followed by a wild party at Waterside.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel...rams/82058796/
The FT statuette will be delivered by hand to BA Executive Club with much fanfare by the forum moderators, followed by a wild party at Waterside.
Mar 23, 2016, 4:37 am
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Yes the competition is not great.
It may also have something to do with the fact that the BA forum is the second largest forum by number of posts and AA is the largest (1.8 million and 1.9 million respectively.
Delta is third by some margin (1.1 million).
So either BA & AA forums have more people posting or their regular members are more involved, either way more likely to vote.
That being said I think it's fair to say that BAEC is the best of the big three European Airlines reward systems.
It may also have something to do with the fact that the BA forum is the second largest forum by number of posts and AA is the largest (1.8 million and 1.9 million respectively.
Delta is third by some margin (1.1 million).
So either BA & AA forums have more people posting or their regular members are more involved, either way more likely to vote.
That being said I think it's fair to say that BAEC is the best of the big three European Airlines reward systems.
Mar 23, 2016, 6:17 am
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Perhaps worth noting that the UuA aspect of the BAEC programme seem to have slipped off the radar. I wonder why that could be? 
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Mar 23, 2016, 6:35 am
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Yes the competition is not great.
It may also have something to do with the fact that the BA forum is the second largest forum by number of posts and AA is the largest (1.8 million and 1.9 million respectively.
Delta is third by some margin (1.1 million).
So either BA & AA forums have more people posting or their regular members are more involved, either way more likely to vote.
That being said I think it's fair to say that BAEC is the best of the big three European Airlines reward systems.
It may also have something to do with the fact that the BA forum is the second largest forum by number of posts and AA is the largest (1.8 million and 1.9 million respectively.
Delta is third by some margin (1.1 million).
So either BA & AA forums have more people posting or their regular members are more involved, either way more likely to vote.
That being said I think it's fair to say that BAEC is the best of the big three European Airlines reward systems.
Mar 23, 2016, 6:45 am
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Anyway, why would you want to vote? You have nothing on which to base a judgement, Mr Stayathome
Mar 23, 2016, 2:01 pm
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Hey guys,
Petrus is right, it wasn't close.
We use a weighted system (1-10 scale) and BA's score was over 8 for this award, while the next closest (Lufthansa) was under 7.
But 3rd was Aegean, only a couple thenths behind Lufthansa.
The system is weighted so that smaller programs can compete with the behemoths. It's not really about the number of votes a program gets -- some programs who got more total votes this year ended up losing, because the quality of the votes was not as high as that of a smaller competitor. Those 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th place votes on the ballot matter
Paul
Petrus is right, it wasn't close.
We use a weighted system (1-10 scale) and BA's score was over 8 for this award, while the next closest (Lufthansa) was under 7.
But 3rd was Aegean, only a couple thenths behind Lufthansa.
The system is weighted so that smaller programs can compete with the behemoths. It's not really about the number of votes a program gets -- some programs who got more total votes this year ended up losing, because the quality of the votes was not as high as that of a smaller competitor. Those 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th place votes on the ballot matter
Paul
Mar 23, 2016, 2:05 pm
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Mar 23, 2016, 2:19 pm
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Hey guys,
Petrus is right, it wasn't close.
We use a weighted system (1-10 scale) and BA's score was over 8 for this award, while the next closest (Lufthansa) was under 7.
But 3rd was Aegean, only a couple thenths behind Lufthansa.
The system is weighted so that smaller programs can compete with the behemoths. It's not really about the number of votes a program gets -- some programs who got more total votes this year ended up losing, because the quality of the votes was not as high as that of a smaller competitor. Those 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th place votes on the ballot matter
Paul
Petrus is right, it wasn't close.
We use a weighted system (1-10 scale) and BA's score was over 8 for this award, while the next closest (Lufthansa) was under 7.
But 3rd was Aegean, only a couple thenths behind Lufthansa.
The system is weighted so that smaller programs can compete with the behemoths. It's not really about the number of votes a program gets -- some programs who got more total votes this year ended up losing, because the quality of the votes was not as high as that of a smaller competitor. Those 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th place votes on the ballot matter
Paul
Mar 23, 2016, 2:25 pm
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Yes the competition is not great.
It may also have something to do with the fact that the BA forum is the second largest forum by number of posts and AA is the largest (1.8 million and 1.9 million respectively.
Delta is third by some margin (1.1 million).
So either BA & AA forums have more people posting or their regular members are more involved, either way more likely to vote.
That being said I think it's fair to say that BAEC is the best of the big three European Airlines reward systems.
It may also have something to do with the fact that the BA forum is the second largest forum by number of posts and AA is the largest (1.8 million and 1.9 million respectively.
Delta is third by some margin (1.1 million).
So either BA & AA forums have more people posting or their regular members are more involved, either way more likely to vote.
That being said I think it's fair to say that BAEC is the best of the big three European Airlines reward systems.