Executive Club Status Slippery Slope, Where Will It End? (Blue to Silver)
Jul 21, 2018, 1:47 pm
#16
Original Poster
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: UK - Hampshire & London
Programs: Mucci de Guardian des Celliers des Grands Crus 1e Classé, plus BAEC.
Posts: 2,734
Jul 21, 2018, 4:26 pm
#17
Join Date: Jul 2017
Programs: BA, SW, IAG
Posts: 143
I am a leisure traveller who flys at least twice per year.
but BA bought and sold my local airline (as they had LHR slots) and now the only Ba flights I can get ar to LCY. Expensive as full of business people who dont pay for their flights.
So TP runs are very hard for me as I have to pay to get to the mainland/london just to take one.
So dont let the Bronze hit you in the A** on the way out. I am happy to make bronze. Got 290 points for my last flight and will get 180 for the next. But cant think of a flight i could take to get me to Silver. Given virtually no BA flights from where I live.
but BA bought and sold my local airline (as they had LHR slots) and now the only Ba flights I can get ar to LCY. Expensive as full of business people who dont pay for their flights.
So TP runs are very hard for me as I have to pay to get to the mainland/london just to take one.
So dont let the Bronze hit you in the A** on the way out. I am happy to make bronze. Got 290 points for my last flight and will get 180 for the next. But cant think of a flight i could take to get me to Silver. Given virtually no BA flights from where I live.
Jul 21, 2018, 5:10 pm
#18
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: LHR, JFK, FRA
Programs: BAEC, HHonours, IHG, Bonvoy, KFC Colonel's club
Posts: 36
Yeah leisure traveler here too. My family is mainly in Germany USA and Asia so naturally made bronze on my family visits. Then as i discovered FT i chased silver and was initially happy with lounge access. However I came across FT and it discovered the ambitious side of me (which has been absent all my life) and I went all the way to Gold.
My thought was that I’ll be gold for two years and then get a soft landing to silver hence its financially justifiable to do a tier point run.
Now its not an ambitious side anymore - it has turned into an addiction and I must chase gold every year. And before you know it the next thing you do is join a tier point mini do like the PHX mini do! Nevertheless I show no regrets and enjoyed every single minute in the air!
My thought was that I’ll be gold for two years and then get a soft landing to silver hence its financially justifiable to do a tier point run.
Now its not an ambitious side anymore - it has turned into an addiction and I must chase gold every year. And before you know it the next thing you do is join a tier point mini do like the PHX mini do! Nevertheless I show no regrets and enjoyed every single minute in the air!
Jul 21, 2018, 7:23 pm
#19
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Berkshire, UK
Programs: BAEC Brown
Posts: 46
Jul 22, 2018, 1:24 am
#20
Join Date: Apr 2018
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 117
Achieving a certain status can be very addictive. I do about 50 flights a year, mainly short haul. In the past 8 months i did 30 flights and i have 14 flights scheduled for the next 2 months.
attaining bronze was a cool leap, but actually gives you nothing. Attaining silver was the big leap. Lounge access, free seat selection at booking makes it worthwhile.
But the "real" goal is gold. As i am at Heathrow at least 20 times a year the abbility to go through first opens the doors. Allthough gaining status is cool and might be addictive it does not make sense if you are a very low traveler i think.
attaining bronze was a cool leap, but actually gives you nothing. Attaining silver was the big leap. Lounge access, free seat selection at booking makes it worthwhile.
But the "real" goal is gold. As i am at Heathrow at least 20 times a year the abbility to go through first opens the doors. Allthough gaining status is cool and might be addictive it does not make sense if you are a very low traveler i think.