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Old Sep 28, 2018, 2:00 am
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Originally Posted by T8191
I thought it was the ALBERT HALL.
Leave my cousin out of it. Anyway, I thought he was ROYAL!
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Old Sep 28, 2018, 2:02 am
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Ergh... I've seen better...
Previous silver was quite nice. This one seems from a piece of tapestry. Gold was plain, this version is plain ugly. Bronze is "meh".

Who approved these designs?
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Old Sep 28, 2018, 2:06 am
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Originally Posted by Lefly
Ergh... I've seen better...
Previous silver was quite nice. This one seems from a piece of tapestry. Gold was plain, this version is plain ugly. Bronze is "meh".

Who approved these designs?
We don’t know if these are the new card designs that will be released to the Membership.
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Old Sep 28, 2018, 2:19 am
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Originally Posted by Tobias-UK
We don’t know if these are the new card designs that will be released to the Membership.
Of course
I probably should have written something like "Who would approve these designs?".
And I don't mean (only) someone at BA, but at the design agency as well.
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Old Sep 28, 2018, 2:20 am
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Originally Posted by Tobias-UK


We don’t know if these are the new card designs that will be released to the Membership.
True, moreover, the gold card doesn't seem to be compatible with the recent thread where GL and CCR are included on the card - needs a plain top right corner.
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Old Sep 28, 2018, 2:21 am
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Looks like an old ad to me? Possibly something grabbed during the hack?
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Old Sep 28, 2018, 2:23 am
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Originally Posted by bullroot
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.
Does it not concern you that someone may try to use the cards?
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Old Sep 28, 2018, 2:31 am
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Originally Posted by Tobias-UK
We don’t know if these are the new card designs that will be released to the Membership.
So you are confirming that there are new card designs to be released to the membership?
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Old Sep 28, 2018, 3:40 am
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Originally Posted by Flyerstarter
Does it not concern you that someone may try to use the cards?
Or commit a serious crime / throw themselves off a ferry whilst in possession of the card.
It is explainable yes, but I'd rather not go through it for a tenner!
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Old Sep 28, 2018, 3:51 am
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Originally Posted by Raffles
So you are confirming that there are new card designs to be released to the membership?
Why on earth would you think I am in a position to confirm or deny anything BA may or may not be intending to do?
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Old Sep 28, 2018, 3:53 am
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Originally Posted by HIDDY
I see the silhouette of an Indian temple in the Gold card.
Originally Posted by T8191
I thought it was the ALBERT HALL.
You are both very polite. It looks like the roof of an abandoned warehouse in East London to me.
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Old Sep 28, 2018, 4:32 am
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Besides the hideous design there's two issues with the cards:
a) it doesn't say British Airways anywhere on the front. At remote stations (and QR@DOH) I had agents trying to enter my BAEC number as EC12345678 or GL12345678 (due to the GL crest). I'd love to see a BA remark somewhere on the card.
b) weren't we supposed to get GfL, GGLfL and CCR identifiers on the cards? Putting something like a GL crest on top of the pattern would render the logos unusable.

You can say what you want about Alex Cruz but I am pretty sure that - if somebody dared to show him these (which are apparently from August based on the EXIF information) - he would have them changed.
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Old Sep 28, 2018, 5:35 am
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Cards have always got worse as you progress. The current blue card is the best of the bunch in my opinion.
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Old Sep 28, 2018, 5:39 am
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Originally Posted by Pack
Cards have always got worse as you progress. The current blue card is the best of the bunch in my opinion.
As in... non existent?
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Old Sep 28, 2018, 5:48 am
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Oh, it exists!



More images on the lower ranked cards.
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