New BAEC cards on Reddit?

Old Sep 27, 2018, 11:56 am
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I've got no idea what's going on with the Gold one. It looks like whoever was doing the design got bored half way through.

Anyway, I can make my own new Bronze card out of an old chocolate Aero wrapper. It's not as bad as the original Bronze card which was properly rubbish.
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Old Sep 27, 2018, 11:57 am
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File me under apathetic. Membership card[s] go straight into the Travel Wallet and never emerge until the next renewal. Bag tags [if similar] are just bag tags, not jewellery or fashion items.
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Old Sep 27, 2018, 12:28 pm
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Thought they were Debenhams Christmas gift cards when I first saw them!
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Old Sep 27, 2018, 12:37 pm
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Thought they were Debenhams Christmas gift cards when I first saw them!
I reckon even the Bronze card will be worth more than a Debenhams Christmas gift card by next year!
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Old Sep 27, 2018, 12:40 pm
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Thought they were Debenhams Christmas gift cards when I first saw them!
I laughed a lot at that. Quite so!
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Old Sep 27, 2018, 12:44 pm
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If you turn the photo sideways on the Gold one and keep staring at it without blinking for about 20 seconds, like those hidden picture puzzles, you can see the letters BA in it. Very clever!
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Old Sep 27, 2018, 1:08 pm
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Originally Posted by PETER01
If you turn the photo sideways on the Gold one and keep staring at it without blinking for about 20 seconds, like those hidden picture puzzles, you can see the letters BA in it. Very clever!
If that’s a joke, I’m going to kill you

Testing ...

Sergei, do we have any Novochok left?
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Old Sep 27, 2018, 1:19 pm
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Originally Posted by TheJayHatch
I wonder if these are being launched to try and distract us from the pending Avios devaluation?
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What pending Avios devaluation?
Originally Posted by alanjhett
yea what Avios devaluation ?
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Google IAG Results Presentation and on page 32. Who knows what this means but there have been rumours.

Enhance IAGs common integrated platforms

Fleet: entry into service of new generation A350s and A320neos
Avios transformation
Digital roll-out
Hybrid cloud

Back on topic, the Gold and Silver cards look ok but Bronze looks awful!

Whatever style they were going to be they were always going to be heavily scrutinised on flyertalk, positive or negative.
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Cmon FT, somebody must know?
According to past quarterly result presentation, DYNAMIC pricing is coming to Avois. The devil is in details which has not been leaked yet.
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Old Sep 27, 2018, 2:01 pm
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Originally Posted by T8191
If that’s a joke, I’m going to kill you

Testing ...

Sergei, do we have any Novochok left?
Yes i was just teasing and kidding

Did you, or others, fall for it?

Well, I did actually have you in mind as I thought I'd keep the old ones busy in these long darkening night's. I thought I was doing a good deed
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Old Sep 27, 2018, 2:18 pm
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This design suits more QR, can't see much "British heritage" here.

Let's hope for the best reg. programme changes, I can indeed live with an ugly BAEC card I never see anyway.
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Old Sep 27, 2018, 3:49 pm
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I am seeing:

Bronze: A skull covered in spider's web (the big 'holes' being the eye sockets)
Silver: pretty neutral
Gold: Cartoon poo with a fly around it, as mentioned earlier
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Old Sep 27, 2018, 3:58 pm
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I typically sell gold cards on ebay, for some reason people buy them, and I give the to charity. Never had to use a card in 10+ years. Everything that card does is now covered in either phone app or boarding pass.
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Old Sep 27, 2018, 6:53 pm
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I see the silhouette of an Indian temple in the Gold card.
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Old Sep 28, 2018, 1:01 am
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Ugly designs.
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Old Sep 28, 2018, 1:41 am
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Originally Posted by HIDDY
I see the silhouette of an Indian temple in the Gold card.
I thought it was the ALBERT HALL.
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