Your guide to the Executive Club, attaining status and earning Avios | 2017 edition
Apr 25, 2017, 11:27 pm
#61
Join Date: May 2015
Programs: BAEC back to silver, Flying Blue Silver
Posts: 406
When I achieved Silver two years ago it was only two weeks after hitting Bronze. The Silver card arrived well before receiving my belated Bronze card..
Apr 26, 2017, 2:13 am
#62
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: The North
Posts: 1,850
Tocsin, Great_circle - thank you, that satisfies my curiosity!
I do wonder what the point of the card (and especially the tags) is for Bronze though. Best whisper that quietly, or it might be an opportunity to cut costs...
I do wonder what the point of the card (and especially the tags) is for Bronze though. Best whisper that quietly, or it might be an opportunity to cut costs...
Apr 26, 2017, 9:04 am
#63
Join Date: May 2015
Programs: BAEC back to silver, Flying Blue Silver
Posts: 406
I never had a chance to 'use' it. The Silver card however was needed on some occasions when visiting a different Oneworld lounge than the dedicated lounge. Despite status and number on the boarding pass.
Apr 28, 2017, 3:03 pm
#64
Join Date: Oct 2016
Programs: BA Silver VS EI
Posts: 162
Hi there. I am currently bronze but an upcoming long haul trip will get me to silver on the out bound leg, my question is once my status is updated will I immediately be able to select my return seats for free via MMB (Return leg Greater than 7 days after). Also will I be able to go into my other future bookings and do the same with seats for them too?
Re my experience with Tier packs, My initial Bronze pack came automatically but renewal card never came and I requested it through "my items" in EC page.
Re my experience with Tier packs, My initial Bronze pack came automatically but renewal card never came and I requested it through "my items" in EC page.
Apr 28, 2017, 3:59 pm
#65
Ambassador, British Airways; FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Leeds, UK
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, GfL, HH Diamond
Posts: 43,080
Hi there. I am currently bronze but an upcoming long haul trip will get me to silver on the out bound leg, my question is once my status is updated will I immediately be able to select my return seats for free via MMB (Return leg Greater than 7 days after). Also will I be able to go into my other future bookings and do the same with seats for them too?
Re my experience with Tier packs, My initial Bronze pack came automatically but renewal card never came and I requested it through "my items" in EC page.
Re my experience with Tier packs, My initial Bronze pack came automatically but renewal card never came and I requested it through "my items" in EC page.
Apr 30, 2017, 12:51 am
#66
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: NL
Programs: FB Silver - STE, BAEC Bronze - OW Ruby
Posts: 178
Hi guys, question about crediting here:
Got a BA etkt with 4 BA marketed, AY operated segments (LHR-HEL-TLL R/T). The HEL-LHR segment has been rebooked due to delays on a AYxxx flightnumber instead of a BA codeshare (operated by AY) number. Since BA flight no's earn the bonus tier avios I want the original ticket to be credited instead of the rebooked ticket (the routing has not changed). How can I best achieve this?
Thanks!
Got a BA etkt with 4 BA marketed, AY operated segments (LHR-HEL-TLL R/T). The HEL-LHR segment has been rebooked due to delays on a AYxxx flightnumber instead of a BA codeshare (operated by AY) number. Since BA flight no's earn the bonus tier avios I want the original ticket to be credited instead of the rebooked ticket (the routing has not changed). How can I best achieve this?
Thanks!
Apr 30, 2017, 8:01 am
#67
Join Date: Jan 2015
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 1,632
Supposing I book AMS - BKK when I am bronze, and the outbound TP's take me into the silver bracket. Will I earn avios on the return leg at the bronze level or the silver level?
Apr 30, 2017, 8:24 am
#68
Ambassador, British Airways; FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Leeds, UK
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, GfL, HH Diamond
Posts: 43,080
Depends on whether you status level is showing as silver when you take the flights. How long between your outbound and return flights?
Apr 30, 2017, 8:27 am
#69
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2012
Programs: BA Gold, QF WP
Posts: 12,551
You are entitled to silver level, but if your status isn't updated you may need to call to have it manually adjusted.
Apr 30, 2017, 3:52 pm
#71
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: London
Programs: BAEC Gold, IHG Spire Ambassador, Starbucks Gold,
Posts: 624
Not strictly true; if you did AMS-LHR-BKK and the AMS-LHR leg pushes you over the 600TP threshold, you would earn the Bronze bonus for that leg and the Silver bonus for the next. However, given the state of IT, you may have to call, email or message the BAEC Missing Avios rep in Flyertalk, but it will get sorted without issue (or at least it has done in every case it has applied to me)
May 1, 2017, 2:28 pm
#72
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: LHR Air Traffic Control
Programs: BAEC Silver
Posts: 880
Quick Q: Looking at booking car hire next week from BRU. On avisba.com it doesn't explicitly say under 'what's included' that an additional driver is included. Is this a known oversight? Both the post above on Avios partners and the avisba.com 'Executive Club Benefits' tab mentions it.
edit: Ah, disregard, I see the T&Cs for it.
edit: Ah, disregard, I see the T&Cs for it.
May 5, 2017, 1:35 am
#73
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: AMS
Programs: BAEC Silver, Flying Blue Gold, TK M&S Nobody
Posts: 2,503
This is probably good for me: I just reached silver and have another QR J trip just after the roll-over to get me to silver next year (with a couple more BA flights) but probably wouldn't get the 300ish TPs to get to Gold if they were crediting to the current year. However, if that were to change, do you think I would be able to have them reset the membership year to the first flight credit point...?
May 5, 2017, 2:57 am
#74
Ambassador, British Airways; FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Leeds, UK
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, GfL, HH Diamond
Posts: 43,080
This isn't what has happened with my membership: I must have registered in August a couple of years ago and my membership year is running to September despite my first flights only crediting in March this year.
This is probably good for me: I just reached silver and have another QR J trip just after the roll-over to get me to silver next year (with a couple more BA flights) but probably wouldn't get the 300ish TPs to get to Gold if they were crediting to the current year. However, if that were to change, do you think I would be able to have them reset the membership year to the first flight credit point...?
This is probably good for me: I just reached silver and have another QR J trip just after the roll-over to get me to silver next year (with a couple more BA flights) but probably wouldn't get the 300ish TPs to get to Gold if they were crediting to the current year. However, if that were to change, do you think I would be able to have them reset the membership year to the first flight credit point...?
Unless a mistake has been made BA won't changed renewal dates.
May 5, 2017, 3:19 am
#75
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: AMS
Programs: BAEC Silver, Flying Blue Gold, TK M&S Nobody
Posts: 2,503
It'll only come into play if something expected comes up which gets me closer to gold - otherwise silver until 2019 will do fine.
ETA: I suppose it's possible the inactivity delay only lasts a year max, after which your date gets set automatically - as I say registration was 2015 so that would account for it.
Last edited by etiene; May 5, 2017 at 3:40 am Reason: New info