Silver renewal enhancements - no bag tags....
Nov 11, 2017, 2:53 pm
#17
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: London
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Nov 11, 2017, 4:11 pm
#18
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: London
Posts: 778
Uhm, not sure about silver but with GGL I keep getting a pair of tags every year (same with someone else with gold.)
Nov 11, 2017, 5:54 pm
#19
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Cambridgeshire
Programs: Varies
Posts: 1,298
I didn't receive any when I softlanded to silver this year. When I posted about it here it was suggested that I was gauche to worry about such things. It's obviously too much to expect luggage tags from BA these days, or charm from some of our fellow travellers.
Nov 12, 2017, 1:55 am
#20
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 1,683
It’s easy to order them from your BAEC page. I’ve used mine, and really don’t give a toss what anyone thinks of that. They have your name and number on, what better way to have the bag identified when flying BA or another OW carrier. I like the bronze ones, nicest colour.
Nov 12, 2017, 2:52 am
#21
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: SW London
Programs: BAEC Silver; Hilton Diamond;a miscellany of other hotel non-statuses
Posts: 3,607
I find them handy to tuck into a side pocket with visible cord to on holiday bags to (hopefully) help them be reunited if they go astray.
No Bronze tags in my soft-landing from earlier this year, so maybe you only get them on the way up for each tier? TP to hit Silver landed in my BAEC a/c this w/e, so I've ordered Bronze tags while they still show in my BAEC Items list to help me complete the colour set
. I already have Silver and Gold, and GGL is not a colour 
(do they get special bag tags 
?).
No Bronze tags in my soft-landing from earlier this year, so maybe you only get them on the way up for each tier? TP to hit Silver landed in my BAEC a/c this w/e, so I've ordered Bronze tags while they still show in my BAEC Items list to help me complete the colour set
. I already have Silver and Gold, and GGL is not a colour (do they get special bag tags ?).
Last edited by EsherFlyer; Nov 12, 2017 at 3:39 am
Nov 12, 2017, 3:38 am
#22
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No Bronze tags in my soft-landing from earlier this year, so maybe you only get them on the way up for each tier? TP to hit Silver landed in my BAEC a/c this w/e, so I've ordered Bronze tags while they still show in my BAEC Items list to help me complete the colour set.
No Bronze tags in my soft-landing from earlier this year, so maybe you only get them on the way up for each tier? TP to hit Silver landed in my BAEC a/c this w/e, so I've ordered Bronze tags while they still show in my BAEC Items list to help me complete the colour set
.Did I throw the Blooo ones away in shame? Or didn't BA issue them back then?
Last edited by T8191; Nov 12, 2017 at 8:16 am Reason: Were we Silver before they invented Bronze?
Nov 12, 2017, 4:01 am
#24
Join Date: May 2010
Location: UK
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 1,144
I think people who are Bronze think they are high status and they have "made" it. I have seen some really DYKWIA types at airports who have had bronze tags on there bags for all to see. It was not that long ago really I was bronze myself I am just a leisure flyer. When the Envelope arrived with Bronze written on the outside I didn't open it and it remains sealed until this day. Thing is baggage gets thrown around and the tags can snap off anyway so they are pretty pointless; but I assume it makes people feel important if they have them.
Nov 12, 2017, 4:22 am
#25
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Vale of Glamorgan
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 2,992
It’s easy to order them from your BAEC page. I’ve used mine, and really don’t give a toss what anyone thinks of that. They have your name and number on, what better way to have the bag identified when flying BA or another OW carrier. I like the bronze ones, nicest colour.
Nov 12, 2017, 4:36 am
#26
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: London, UK
Programs: BA GfL, Marriott PlatfL/Ambassador, TP Gold, IHG Spire
Posts: 1,656
Could perfectly dispense within the dreadful tags and whilst you are at it the cards too.
How very presumptuous of all these companies running loyalty programs that I want to carry their rubbish pieces of plastic in my wallet.
The only cards I carry are credit cards and driver's license. Everything else is simply stashed away.
How very presumptuous of all these companies running loyalty programs that I want to carry their rubbish pieces of plastic in my wallet.
The only cards I carry are credit cards and driver's license. Everything else is simply stashed away.
Nov 12, 2017, 5:06 am
#27
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Cambridgeshire
Programs: Varies
Posts: 1,298
It’s easy to order them from your BAEC page. I’ve used mine, and really don’t give a toss what anyone thinks of that. They have your name and number on, what better way to have the bag identified when flying BA or another OW carrier. I like the bronze ones, nicest colour.
Nov 12, 2017, 6:23 am
#28
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: UK
Programs: BD Gold, BAEC Gold, Hilton HHonors
Posts: 869
No luggage tags on my recent gold renewal. If memory serves correctly this is the first time I've not had luggage tags upon renewal (have been gold for several years). I do use the tags for bag identification etc; they seem to have a fairly short shelf life though as finding a snapped / broken one on arriving somewhere isn't that unusual!
Nov 12, 2017, 8:22 am
#29
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Not notice much tag attrition, albeit only around 30 sectors p/a but with a wide soectrum of airports. One bent and one lost, IIRC. I use the wire screw-end attachments, which may allow a bit more flexy?
Nov 12, 2017, 8:40 am
#30
Join Date: Dec 2014
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I think people who are Bronze think they are high status and they have "made" it. I have seen some really DYKWIA types at airports who have had bronze tags on there bags for all to see. It was not that long ago really I was bronze myself I am just a leisure flyer. When the Envelope arrived with Bronze written on the outside I didn't open it and it remains sealed until this day. Thing is baggage gets thrown around and the tags can snap off anyway so they are pretty pointless; but I assume it makes people feel important if they have them.