New BAEC cards on Reddit?
Sep 29, 2018, 10:42 am
#76
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold, EI Platinum
Posts: 81
Hate the Bronze status, what an embarrassment!
Sep 29, 2018, 11:18 am
#78
Original Poster
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: GLA
Programs: BAEC: Silver. Nothing else as TopCashBack trumps all hotel programs
Posts: 801
Sep 29, 2018, 11:20 am
#79
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Argentina
Posts: 40,199
Sep 29, 2018, 11:28 am
#80
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: JER
Programs: BA Gold/OWE, several MUCCI, and assorted Pensions!
Posts: 32,140
My Waitrose card [and hers] is green and grey. Looks a bit like wartime aircraft camouflage, but I like to think of it as Emerald and Unobtanium.
Brings in about 15k Avios p/a, it seems. Flying BA brings in a LOT more
Brings in about 15k Avios p/a, it seems. Flying BA brings in a LOT more
Sep 29, 2018, 12:51 pm
#82
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Provincie Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België
Programs: MUCCI Gold
Posts: 2,512
Sep 29, 2018, 12:54 pm
#83
FlyerTalk Evangelist, Ambassador, British Airways Executive Club
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Somewhere between 0 and 13,000 metres high
Programs: AF/KL Life Plat, BA GGL+GfL, ALL Plat, Hilton Diam, Marriott Gold, blablablah, etc
Posts: 30,499
Oct 1, 2018, 1:40 am
#84
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: London
Programs: Mucci. Nothing else matters.
Posts: 38,644
What reason could there be for making something sound more exclusive than it really is, except for irrationally pumping up the holders' opinions of how special they are?
Oct 1, 2018, 1:47 am
#85
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold, EI Platinum
Posts: 81
See The perils of panflation (from The Economist).
What reason could there be for making something sound more exclusive than it really is, except for irrationally pumping up the holders' opinions of how special they are?
What reason could there be for making something sound more exclusive than it really is, except for irrationally pumping up the holders' opinions of how special they are?
b) The cards would look nicer
c) I want to feel special
Oct 1, 2018, 4:09 am
#86
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: LON
Programs: BA Gold; LH FTL; IHG Diamond; Marriott Gold; ALL Gold
Posts: 1,758
I've got one, from when I first opened my BAEC account in 2011. Same design as the one attached to a sheep in the photo above. It shows BAEC number, but no expiry date.
I'll sell it to you for Ł1,000...?
I'll sell it to you for Ł1,000...?
Oct 1, 2018, 6:02 am
#88
Join Date: May 2015
Programs: BAEC back to silver, Flying Blue Silver
Posts: 406
I don’t understand why BA would go through all the cost and effort to have cards redesigned. And looking at the Gold version any soft landing becomes very appealing : -)
Regarding the practical use of these: I (only) once needed to show my physical card at the Cathay Lounge in FRA as “it isn’t the dedicated lounge for BA passengers”.
Regarding the practical use of these: I (only) once needed to show my physical card at the Cathay Lounge in FRA as “it isn’t the dedicated lounge for BA passengers”.
Last edited by Great_circle; Oct 2, 2018 at 12:00 am
Oct 1, 2018, 6:32 am
#89
Join Date: Apr 2015
Programs: Some
Posts: 5,232
Airlines that have both Silver and Platinum status always have a differentiation issue whereby Platinum ends up nothing like the colour of Platinum (usually dark grey or black). The fact that BA has clear tiers that are different colours that actually make sense I rather like.
Oct 1, 2018, 7:02 am
#90
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: in a cabin
Posts: 6,515
The Previous iteration was the nicest.
It is quite remarkable to come to think of it; back in 2011 when BAEC went through the major revamp with Bronze being introduced, Euro Tiers abolished, Avios being introduced etc.... BAEC invited the mods here for several work shops at Waterside.
To pick our minds on how to best communicate with the community here, and hear opinions from frequent travellers. They invited several other non-mod regular BA flyers also. Unfortunately, we had no say on the colours that time around. This time we've not heard a peep.
The same BAEC staff member and lead was a massively appreicated contributer here, helping members day and night with issues that CS and Call centers could not resolve. Oh how we miss those days.
It is quite remarkable to come to think of it; back in 2011 when BAEC went through the major revamp with Bronze being introduced, Euro Tiers abolished, Avios being introduced etc.... BAEC invited the mods here for several work shops at Waterside.
To pick our minds on how to best communicate with the community here, and hear opinions from frequent travellers. They invited several other non-mod regular BA flyers also. Unfortunately, we had no say on the colours that time around. This time we've not heard a peep.
The same BAEC staff member and lead was a massively appreicated contributer here, helping members day and night with issues that CS and Call centers could not resolve. Oh how we miss those days.