Design of the Silver card
Jan 4, 2019, 11:59 am
#1
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Join Date: Oct 2018
Programs: BAEC Gold, IHG Platinum, ALL Gold, Bonvoy Gold Elite, HHonors Gold
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Design of the Silver card
Returning home from the nondenominational holiday season, I finally achieved Silver for the first time! And while I'm certainly excited for the leap of benefits that I'll be able to use now, I actually found myself quite disappointed in the design of the Silver card.
I fully realise this is the most non-problem of all non-problems (I feel like I might be on the right forum though
). It's probably just the graphic designer in me, but I really liked the chic propellor pattern of the Bronze card - it even colour matched the leather of my wallet!
The glossy 3D ribbon across the Silver card looks like a second-rate ISP's website from the early 2010s. Even the BA app looked better in the Bronze accents than the grey Silver ones!
Looking into this, I found out that the Bronze card was redesigned in 2014 to introduce the pattern, and looking at the older card, I can see how that would have 'gone together' with the current Silver design more. I'm just wondering, if they redesigned the Bronze card to look nicer, why didn't they do so to Silver as well? Is that something that might still happen? (Please?)
Seeing as how I'd very much want to retain Silver for its benefits, while going for Gold isn't realistic in my circumstances, I guess I'll have to start getting used to this being in my wallet once the physical card arrives...
I fully realise this is the most non-problem of all non-problems (I feel like I might be on the right forum though
). It's probably just the graphic designer in me, but I really liked the chic propellor pattern of the Bronze card - it even colour matched the leather of my wallet!The glossy 3D ribbon across the Silver card looks like a second-rate ISP's website from the early 2010s. Even the BA app looked better in the Bronze accents than the grey Silver ones!
Looking into this, I found out that the Bronze card was redesigned in 2014 to introduce the pattern, and looking at the older card, I can see how that would have 'gone together' with the current Silver design more. I'm just wondering, if they redesigned the Bronze card to look nicer, why didn't they do so to Silver as well? Is that something that might still happen? (Please?)
Seeing as how I'd very much want to retain Silver for its benefits, while going for Gold isn't realistic in my circumstances, I guess I'll have to start getting used to this being in my wallet once the physical card arrives...
Jan 4, 2019, 12:13 pm
#2
Join Date: Sep 2013
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Posts: 6,399
Returning home from the nondenominational holiday season, I finally achieved Silver for the first time! And while I'm certainly excited for the leap of benefits that I'll be able to use now, I actually found myself quite disappointed in the design of the Silver card.
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Seeing as how I'd very much want to retain Silver for its benefits, while going for Gold isn't realistic in my circumstances, I guess I'll have to start getting used to this being in my wallet once the physical card arrives...
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Seeing as how I'd very much want to retain Silver for its benefits, while going for Gold isn't realistic in my circumstances, I guess I'll have to start getting used to this being in my wallet once the physical card arrives...
I’m struggling to think of any scenarios where you will find it necessary to actually present the physical card itself. Maybe there would be a need some day ..... but it would be a rare happening.
Jan 4, 2019, 12:22 pm
#4
Join Date: May 2016
Programs: BAEC - Gold, IHG - Spire Ambassador
Posts: 576
Asked to show cards
We flew back from MLA after the Xmas holidays yesterday and bypassed check in as we were travelling HBO. When we handed our (Golds in CE) boarding cards to the lounge host he asked to see our membership cards. He said ALL other guests were given an invite at check in that allowed them to access the lounge and as we couldn’t produce an invite we had to show proof of entitlement. I thought pants on fire and fished a couple of BAEC cards out of my bag.
Jan 4, 2019, 12:23 pm
#5
Ambassador, British Airways Executive Club
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: UK
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I see your point but the physical card makes no difference really. What is important is the benefits as you say, lounge access, Group 2, fast track, exits on short haul, 50% more Avios................
Your in the right place though to write about such things
Your in the right place though to write about such things
Jan 4, 2019, 12:52 pm
#6
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And even the digital card in the BA app has the same twirling glass ribbon of yesteryear on it...
Jan 4, 2019, 1:24 pm
#7
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 3,595
If the design is anything like the gold card you'll probably find the word "Silver" rubs off quite easily after a couple of months in a frequently used section of your wallet. Just as quickly as the novelty wears off of holding such status in the first place
Jan 4, 2019, 1:34 pm
#8
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: London
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How about when buying duty free goods on board and they need to swipe the card so that you get the Avios due?
Jan 4, 2019, 2:12 pm
#9
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Jan 4, 2019, 2:19 pm
#10
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Brighton. UK
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It's only a card.
I don't particularly like the design of any of the various loyalty and other cards I have and it dosen't stop me whipping it out to scan it to get some points etc
I don't particularly like the design of any of the various loyalty and other cards I have and it dosen't stop me whipping it out to scan it to get some points etc
Jan 5, 2019, 5:56 am
#13
Join Date: Oct 2017
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I really like the design of the IHG Spire card, but I think that's the only loyalty card I hold I'd give such an accolade to.
Jan 5, 2019, 11:06 am
#14
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: NW London and NW Sydney
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We flew back from MLA after the Xmas holidays yesterday and bypassed check in as we were travelling HBO. When we handed our (Golds in CE) boarding cards to the lounge host he asked to see our membership cards. He said ALL other guests were given an invite at check in that allowed them to access the lounge and as we couldn’t produce an invite we had to show proof of entitlement. I thought pants on fire and fished a couple of BAEC cards out of my bag.
I've entered the lounge at MLA several times just using mobile app boarding passes.
The only time I've really needed to show my BA card was at SYD and HKG when I put my QF number into the booking but used BA Gold benefits, and once when a clueless lounge dragon at LGW claimed that CX BPs might not show BA status correctly, although using the digital card would probably have convinced him.
Jan 5, 2019, 12:58 pm
#15
Join Date: Jun 2018
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