Gold !!!!
Oct 13, 2017, 11:29 am
#31
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: London Stratford, E7
Programs: BAEC Gold! Thanks to FT
Posts: 3,380
Congratulations and welcome to the Club. I got Gold in September. It wasn’t really a TP run I just moved my regular travel plans a few weeks to be inside my membership year.
I used mine for the first day the other week to fly LHR-MAN-LCY the other week and was very impressed by the First Wing and Flounge....
Just a though with a new heir arriving can you take advantage of freezing your status for a year and getting 2 years Gold for the price of one.
I used mine for the first day the other week to fly LHR-MAN-LCY the other week and was very impressed by the First Wing and Flounge....
Just a though with a new heir arriving can you take advantage of freezing your status for a year and getting 2 years Gold for the price of one.
Oct 13, 2017, 2:05 pm
#32
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Argentina
Posts: 40,211
Yes it's from the days of the Ocean liners. Relevant only for the toffs as the steerage passengers were kept below decks so didn't have a porthole.
Oct 13, 2017, 4:03 pm
#33
Join Date: May 2010
Location: London
Programs: HH Diamond; BA Gold
Posts: 154
If so, that's a hell of a bonus for me though!
Oct 13, 2017, 6:27 pm
#34
Join Date: Dec 2016
Posts: 355
Today I woke up to see my account had turned into a lovely new colour .... I am one happy bunny. I would never have gone for it without all the great and informative information and assistance from the best BA forum on the planet - thanks to everyone! 
Since I make the BRU <> LHR trip all the time, I decided to just increase the rate to achieve the 19 flights required for the status. Last January I booked almost all of them in one shot, since the prices were incredibly cheap. So it worked out that I paid £208.03 for each flight making the total cost to achieve gold to be £3952.57. To me that sounds like good value for money, especially with no tier point runs involved. Is that a fair assumption to make?
Now ... time to change the rest of my flights from 2F to 1F (dont know why I prefer the right side of the cabin ....).
Thanks again !
Since I make the BRU <> LHR trip all the time, I decided to just increase the rate to achieve the 19 flights required for the status. Last January I booked almost all of them in one shot, since the prices were incredibly cheap. So it worked out that I paid £208.03 for each flight making the total cost to achieve gold to be £3952.57. To me that sounds like good value for money, especially with no tier point runs involved. Is that a fair assumption to make?
Now ... time to change the rest of my flights from 2F to 1F (dont know why I prefer the right side of the cabin ....).
Thanks again !