Easy Silver
Dec 24, 2018, 6:41 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: Surrey
Programs: BAEC Silver
Posts: 211
Easy Silver
As a leisure traveler, with an average only 10-15 flights a year, I hadn't realized the world of airline status was available to me. In June of this year, I saw an Instagram post relating to seat upgrades, which lead me to google and onto FT.
I wanted to thank everyone here for their help and advice.
Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays.
J
I wanted to thank everyone here for their help and advice.
Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays.
J
Dec 24, 2018, 6:50 am
#2
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: UK - Hampshire & London
Programs: Mucci de Guardian des Celliers des Grands Crus 1e Classé, plus BAEC.
Posts: 2,734
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FT and a bargain QR trip got me to Silver. It’s amazing what a little knowledge can do. Pre-FT I had assumed that status was only really achievable for the weekly commuter types.
I’ll add my thanks to all on FT and wish you a merry Christmas.
FT and a bargain QR trip got me to Silver. It’s amazing what a little knowledge can do. Pre-FT I had assumed that status was only really achievable for the weekly commuter types.
I’ll add my thanks to all on FT and wish you a merry Christmas.
Dec 24, 2018, 7:21 am
#3
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Wales
Programs: BAEC Silver
Posts: 147
I’m an “easy silver” too, clocking a bit over 600 TPs for a few years on leisure flights. Can I plunder the collective expertise of this forum on how to be an “easy gold”? No marks for “fly a lot in premium cabins” but Extra marks for highly inventive RTW itineraries :-)
Dec 24, 2018, 11:12 am
#4
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 5,596
The not very helpful answer is get 35000 tier points. Otherwise its Tier Point runs, creative routings and FT do's
Dec 24, 2018, 11:25 am
#5
Join Date: Feb 2016
Posts: 947
This year I timed getting silver within a month of my tier point year starting by taking 2 leisure trips that I discovered on this forum.
I did INV-LHR-ORD-BOS-JFK-LHR-INV in J, to visit Chicago and Boston for holidays around baseball with the BOS-JFK leg to get me to 440tp.
I then did EDI-LHR-LUX--LHR-LUX for the weekend to see the UNESCO world heritage site in trier for the remaining 160tp
Both were booked as holidays through BA and I would value the flight elements c£1400 so.under £2.50 per to.
I did INV-LHR-ORD-BOS-JFK-LHR-INV in J, to visit Chicago and Boston for holidays around baseball with the BOS-JFK leg to get me to 440tp.
I then did EDI-LHR-LUX--LHR-LUX for the weekend to see the UNESCO world heritage site in trier for the remaining 160tp
Both were booked as holidays through BA and I would value the flight elements c£1400 so.under £2.50 per to.
Dec 24, 2018, 11:58 am
#7
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: LHR
Programs: BAEC Silver
Posts: 484
Dec 24, 2018, 1:02 pm
#8
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: NW London and NW Sydney
Programs: BA Diamond, Hilton Bronze, A3 Diamond, IHG *G
Posts: 6,344
Meanwhile most people doing the OTP-PHX run probably didn't really need to go to Bucharest or Phoenix.
I spent £2400 to get to Silver the first time, but the alternative would have been spending maybe £2300 for less convenient flights that would only get me to BA bronze (had it existed) and halfway to a Skyteam status. Or I could have flown all in economy for £1500 and got nothing.
Dec 24, 2018, 1:07 pm
#9
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Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: Surrey
Programs: BAEC Silver
Posts: 211
Last edited by FrogTastic; Dec 25, 2018 at 5:42 am
Dec 25, 2018, 4:05 am
#10
Join Date: Jul 2007
Programs: BAEC OW Gold/Emerald
Posts: 538
I concur with FrogTastic in offering thanks to the FTers who have helped me reach the sweet spot of silver and travel in PE cabin as opposed to Y. My employer is Y only and so any difference has to be made up by me but being creative and using tips on here I have been able to maintain silver rather easily and cheaply... e.g. .I have a work trip to TSV (Australia) coming up. Employer agreed to reimburse me up to £1200 for trip. Managed to get trip in PE cabin for £1800 which includes an overnight hotel in Sydney. Could have hit silver in this one work trip alone for circa £600 cost to me on route LHR-JFK-LAX-SYD-BNE-TSV(10)-BNE-SYD-LAX-JFK-LHR which in TPs is 90+90+100+10+10+10+10+100+90+90= 600 TPs. Yes it is a longer route to down under on AA but hey! 
Dec 25, 2018, 4:43 am
#11
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Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Somewhere in the Air
Programs: BA GGL, *A Silver, OW Emerald, HH Diamond, Karahi Express
Posts: 554
Dec 25, 2018, 5:10 am
#12
Join Date: Aug 2008
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 68
Dec 25, 2018, 5:19 am
#13
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold; FB Silver; SPG; IHG Gold
Posts: 2,985
When I was on silver for several years in a row I always thought that Gold would be unachievable (I'm not one for lengthy and complex TP runs) but a slight uptick in my frequency of travel plus a few more long haul sectors and it became reality. If it's all on your own money then it will inevitably cost you a bit, but if you hit 600 reasonably quickly (say by beginning of the year), find some decent CE deals for a couple of weekends away (e.g VIE often not much more dear in CE than in ET) and then snag a good long haul CW deal for Easter, you're suddenly within touching distance of Gold....
Dec 25, 2018, 6:54 am
#14
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 494
Originally posted by BAEC:
Quote:
Think you got your numbers wrong. BA Gold is at 1500 TP
Originally Posted by rapidex 
The not very helpful answer is get 35000 tier points. Otherwise its Tier Point runs, creative routings and FT do's
The not very helpful answer is get 35000 tier points. Otherwise its Tier Point runs, creative routings and FT do's