Hi all, very quick question. I am currently Gold but it seems very unlikely I will reach 1500 TP before my year end. What will happen then? Thanks...

Welcome to Flyertalk webmongaz and specifically here over at the BA Forum.

If you don't achieve 1500 TP's you wil drop down to Silver for the next year of which is called a 'soft landing' and your TP's will reset to 0 as normal.

So, at least you will still have status and still not a bad level to be at with free seat selection, access to business class lounges etc.

There is more info here on the BA Forum Dashboard, full of great info on BA and oneworld and which is on the main page.

See post #4 for reference to the soft landing.

If you fail to accrue the number of Tier Points (or meet the requisite number of eligible flights) needed to retain your current level, you will drop to the level immediately below. This is often referred to as the soft landing.

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Hi! A newbie with Ba. I have managed to get from blue to silver with BA over the last 1 year. Just obtained 645 tier points so far. My collection year ends on 8 June 2017 and I understand that my Silver will last till 8 June 2018. However on my BA app, it now shows that I am a silver and I need to fly another 4 more flights to maintain silver. What does this maintainence mean? Is the maintainence for June 2017-2018 or? Does it not automatically last till 2018. I presume to maintain it till 2019 I would need to chalk up another 600 tier points next year and e qualifying flights for the next tier year?
Am based in asia for now so wont be able to hit 4 ba metal from now till June to maintain my status.

Please can you clarify what first flight being credited means?

I am looking to join BAEC and trying to understand how the membership year works. Does it start when you sign up, when you book your first ticket, or when you have taken your first flight.

The date the first flight you actually credit to BAEC is posted to your account.

As noted you can join but your membership year only becomes set when the above happens.

First flight means first flight which will credit to the scheme, so first eligible flight. The membership years start the 8th of the month following your first credited flight.

Thanks for that. So it's the date that the first set of TP'S hit your account that starts the clock ticking.

That is what the BA app does, I recently achieved Gold and the contributing BA-flights have already been reset to 0 by the app, stating 4 flights needed although it's still the same membership year. As far as I know you do not need to do those 4 flights before the start of your new membership year to retain status but during the new membership year, in your case, between 8 june 2017 and 8 june 2018.

Rather disappointed that I received an email back from BAEC declining a request for a 2 week extension. I know it's not a given right but it would seem that unofficial policy isn't evenly applied given previous comments on this forum :(

Why did you need an extension? They are routinely given for status acquisition. Did you call to request?

Yes, it was for status acquisition. I am short of tier points which I will achieve within the 2 week extension period requested. I emailed. Should I try and phone after I've flown?

Yes. I think that the general advice here is that you will need to fly all the TPs first, and within the 2-week period, and then ask again.

If you are still refused at that point, then I think we'd welcome knowing about it because it would be out of line with the usual reported experience.

Thanks Globaliser, will give that a try ^

Having recently qualified for Bronze, I was quite surprised to see a Bronze welcome pack drop through my letterbox without me requesting one - I was under the impression from something I read on FT that you had to specifically order one in My Executive Club. Enclosed were a Bronze membership card and two luggage tags!

As the benefits of Bronze are almost exclusively "automatic" (25% Avios, T-7 seat reservations) I was surprised - the only use I can see for a physical membership card would be to access business class check-in. And the tags seem a little excessively "DYKWIA" given the rather lowly benefits :D Am I just missing something?

Secondly, what am I to expect when I hit Silver in a few months? Will a Silver welcome pack be winging its way to me automatically, or would I have to request it? It strikes me that would be more useful, particularly the card for lounge entry...

squawk - Mrs T has gone from Blue - Bronze - Silver in the last few months. Unrequested, she got a pack for both Bronze and Silver, including tags and card in both cases. Not likely to hit Gold, though :) - hope that helps!