Stats [number of members in each BAEC level]
Aug 2, 2017, 10:45 am
#16
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Bristol
Programs: BA GGL, UA Plat, DL Plat, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 2,380
I forgot my CCR card a couple of weeks ago so the agent looked me up on the printed list.
I should really have paid more attention but from memory it was quite a few A4 pages of fairly closely-typed names so 400-500 CCR card holders feels anout right to me...
I should really have paid more attention but from memory it was quite a few A4 pages of fairly closely-typed names so 400-500 CCR card holders feels anout right to me...
Aug 2, 2017, 11:16 am
#18
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Glasgow / London
Programs: BA GGL
Posts: 3,457
I believe there are between 800 and 1200 Prems, although this number varies year to year. As the initial GGL qualification level has been increased to 5,000 TPs , the number of new GGL members will drop significantly, which, in turn, should bring the overall number down as people fail to hit 3,000. I suspect in a couple of years, subject to no further changes, the number of GGLs will drop to around 2,000, which is definitely a more manageable number, so we may see more benefits coming along.
Aug 2, 2017, 11:19 am
#19
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Glasgow / London
Programs: BA GGL
Posts: 3,457
Possibly, but many of them don't collect points or fly with various different carriers, rather than sticking with a single alliance.
Aug 3, 2017, 3:42 pm
#21
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: UK
Programs: Lemonia. Best Greek ever.
Posts: 2,281
Just to confuse this even further, there are at least 2 sorts of Premiers.
1. pure status. E.g. Chair of ftse co.
2. Procurement manager with influence on spend. Not always spend decision manager.
I know at least 1 of each. The pure status guy hated it and asked to be kept off the list. No interest in miles or tp.
The procurement guy loved it all.
1. pure status. E.g. Chair of ftse co.
2. Procurement manager with influence on spend. Not always spend decision manager.
I know at least 1 of each. The pure status guy hated it and asked to be kept off the list. No interest in miles or tp.
The procurement guy loved it all.
Aug 3, 2017, 5:26 pm
#22
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: The North
Posts: 1,850
I mean, I could understand feeling very uncomfortable with any additional public attention (e.g. staff fawning over me or something - but I'd not have thought BA would do that?) . But if someone were to offer me Premier status, I probably would not go out of my way to turn it down...
Aug 4, 2017, 1:37 am
#23
Moderator, Iberia Airlines, Airport Lounges, and Ambassador, British Airways Executive Club
Join Date: Feb 2010
Programs: BA Lifetime Gold; Flying Blue Life Platinum; LH Sen.; Hilton Diamond; Kemal Kebabs Prized Customer
Posts: 64,067
Some companies and public institutions have strict Conflict of Interest guidelines and procedures, in some cases the Register of Conflict of Interest Statements (or equivalent) is a public document visible to all, or visible to all employees. Unsurprisingly some people would rather not go there, or if they do have to go there, it's for something they don't mind / can't avoid defending. E.g. the Speaker and his Wimbledon tickets. If collecting air miles isn't what they do, why bother?
Aug 4, 2017, 2:07 am
#25
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 3,939
I would have thought that by the time you become a FTSE boss your travel would all be on the company's private jets. I seem to remember that Tesco had not just one but a whole fleet of them. I expect the CEO aeroplane was nicer than the CFO one; you know, Finest champagne versus Tesco cava etc.
Aug 4, 2017, 2:11 am
#26
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: M4, T5, DME, DXB, CAI, SDF among many others
Programs: BAEC GfL/GGL/CCR, BA Amex, Quidco, IHG Spire, Hotels.com Reinstated Gold)
Posts: 272
Aug 4, 2017, 2:11 am
#27
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Gloucestershire
Programs: BA Gold (ex-GGL, maybe future Silver), Hilton Diamond
Posts: 6,210
Priority during irrops, more likely to get a connection held (if they are GGL+ as opposed to scraping silver for two Fs on OneWorld, two on Emirates, two on *A, one on SkyTeam etc.)
Very little benefit for someone like that to be a mid-tier elite collecting smallish numbers of miles in each pot.
Very little benefit for someone like that to be a mid-tier elite collecting smallish numbers of miles in each pot.
Aug 4, 2017, 2:17 am
#28
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: M4, T5, DME, DXB, CAI, SDF among many others
Programs: BAEC GfL/GGL/CCR, BA Amex, Quidco, IHG Spire, Hotels.com Reinstated Gold)
Posts: 272
Of course, in the good old days it would have been written on vellum with quill and ink.
Aug 4, 2017, 2:50 am
#29
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Bristol
Programs: BA GGL, UA Plat, DL Plat, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 2,380
Aug 4, 2017, 3:39 am
#30
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: BHX
Programs: BA GGL CCR GfL, SQ Gold, Hyatt Glob, HH Diamond, Marriott Plat, Cafe Nero Loyalty Card (7 Stamps)
Posts: 7,365