BAECAddict

Just received an invitation to a Golden Ticket Event at the Leadenhall Building on 20 June and was wondering, is this legit? (It may be that my employer has trained me so well on phishing e-mail spotting that I am overly sceptical, but had never heard of these before.) If it is, is it worth going? What should I expect? Overall I am a BA fan so not averse to spending an evening in their company! Thanks for any thoughts.

BA6501

Got it too, seems very fishy too (sender name appears as "The Recognition Team" and it went straight to junk). But it apparently is legitimate!

Gomac

GDOCP

I got it too - I submitted a Golden Ticket for a member of flight crew last year (my first ever!) which is why I presumed I'd been invited. It clicked through to a Survey Monkey page to register. Done on my work computer so hopefully I haven't just created a security incident... (to be fair work IT are usually pretty diligent and it didn't get flagged as dodgy by our system)

Anyway, I'm in London so very easy to attend if it is legit, don't get much out of BA these days so I'm happy to take a few drinks and canapes!

corporate-wage-slave

This is a regular series of events. The people being honored are the recipients of Golden Tickets, BA management, Watersiders and maybe the odd celebrity should also be there. But BA's passengers will get an invite too, and from what I can make out it is more likely to be Golden Ticket contributors, which kind of makes sense in terms of celebrating those who receive them. There will be a few short speeches, plenty of drinks and nibble items to eat. Sometimes there is a bag to take away, perhaps items recently associated with BA such as the Speedbird IPA.

DeathSlam

I am never likely to make gold, but I recall there being quite a few threads on Golden Ticket events in the past. It's easier to search for them on Google than in the FT search. Golden Ticket Event BA, sees quite a lot of hits.
I think staff get basically nothing for a Golden Ticket being awarded other than the nice feeling that a customer thinks they're doing a good job.
Being invited to a Golden Ticket dinner where I get to listen to speeches by my bosses and talk to the same customers I do all day sounds like something I would personally want to avoid. I go to similar things with my work and consider it 'work time' not a reward. But the people who get golden tickets may well have a different outlook on life, who is to say.

El_Duderito

In contrast to some work events I'd consider this quite fun to attend. I've met numerous great BA folks and handed out Golden Tickets and that generally made their day. It's one of the few ways to recognize their great work and I've heard that BA staff might get some incentives. A certain great staff member at the CCR JFK would love to be invited abroad to attend such an event - iirc it would be her first trip to the UK. But I guess just like me (not being based in the UK) we'll never get invited to any BA events.
tl;dr I'd actually enjoy talking to some BA staff.

KeaneJohn

BAECAddict

Thanks for your feedback, everyone - might just give it a go!

ThatT1Feeling

I've been to one in the past and it was one of the best BA events I've been to (other than the rugby!). The BA staff who were there seemed to be thoroughly enjoying it and a couple of them recognised me from flights, came over to chat (and in one case give me a hug)! and the fizz flowed all evening. It was a true celebration unlike some of the events where you feel you're being marketed to a bit. If you've got an invite I would thoroughly recommend it

jfallesen

Looks like I have an answer to my question of whether it makes a difference whether I give a Golden Ticket or use ba.com/thankyou. I have been doing the latter in the past but shall switch to the former from now on. :-)

TravelManBiz

Jimmie76

That's very kind and subject to my work I'd be delighted to accept.^ I'll drop you a PM tomorrow when I know if I'm available.

zafiragirl

My daughter is new BA crew (only started in February) and got handed her first golden ticket on a flight to MCO this weekend. She doesn't get anything from BA for it, but was still absolutely thrilled to be recognised. If you have them and the service you receive merits, please do hand them out!

pablol