Jordan D

Not 50 flights, but last year I made Gold - only from ET flights (10TPs a time, sometimes 20TPs if I was lucky, and occasionally 5 TPs when I wasn't).

Now, if we were on a model where status was based on spend, I'd be CCR. LHR-CPH/ZRH return even in ET is not cheap when booked last minute.

duncgor

BertieBadger

Thanks for the info. It was a somewhat arbitrary route selection, more to illustrate the possibility of cheap fares as per the original point. I don't doubt (even with the downturn in O&G) it remains a profitable route for BA, and nor do I doubt BA are still making some small profit on a Ł75 fare. The point that I believe WorldLux was making is that while such fares may certainly be available on a profitable route, it is highly doubtful that such an individual customer could be said to be "extremely profitable" even if the route was. At the lowest end of the fare spectrum a decent raid on the Lounge could wipe it out, especially now the Silvers are back in

PS, enjoy your upgrade per the other thread. Fingers crossed for another beep at the gate

T8191

“Spend based” generates another debate, of course. Whose spend? The Employer, or the individual? For fairness, surely the individual’s BAEC member’s spend should count, not the small change from a Corporate’s coffers.

So, as with the TP debate, there’s a bit of disparity between (shall I say?) three different groups: tickets bought by employer, or bought by independent contractor to be charged to Client, or just bought by individuals for leisure travel. Go ‘cash based’, on a fair system, and a lot of business pax will lose out, as will leisure pax, leaving only the small business owner/contractor in Gold.

Indeed, Leisure pax like us, spending c. Ł7k-10k p/a, would be out of the game altogether ... and thus have no ‘status’ reason to fly BA at all.

duncgor

BertieBadger

Yes, all fair comment I would think ^ A 50 flight Silver on cheap fares might not directly generate much profit but could still have value to BA per your examples (reflected in the award of Silver status). I suppose we are heading to the territory of the much-discussed (and much over-thought?) CIV indexes that BA use?

Row9

ExpatExp

I think monkeyclassdonkey123 qualifies in that manner as his work only pays for HBO ET, and his flights are all LHR-ARN

nozmeister

I made silver once many moons ago purely on 15 or 25 ( cant remember exactly) domestics. Not sure if they still do that but i would be surprised if they do...

cupsandsaucers

It's been enhanced to 50

Takiteasy

themax

Always remember that EC qualification is generally based on your value to BA. I take 50+ longhaul flights per year, and for this I spend A LOT more with the airline then someone flying 50 shorthaul flights, which is why I am Gold. It's nice that BA rewards EC members with silver status after 50 sectors, but flying 50 Longhaul sectors is an entirely different financial proposition and rewarded accordingly.

cupsandsaucers

Do they? He/She didn't say trips. They said 15 or 25 domestics. I read that as flights.

firstlight

On this board the 5 annual holidays that @T8191 has is really not unusual. We are on number 3 this month, different continent each time, will have done 5 or 6 for me and 6 or 7 for mrs firstlight by the end of the year. Two Amex companion vouchers a year certainly helps...

cupsandsaucers

Ah well, alright for some I guess. I'm working most of the time and find little time for a holiday. The joys of part-owning your own business I guess.
On the flip side, I do plan to retire before I am 40 and fly only F from then onwards. Take each day at a time.