Higher Waitlist priority: GGL or Gold for Life?
Sep 28, 2019, 9:46 am
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Higher Waitlist priority: GGL or Gold for Life?
A colleague of mine who is Gold for Life got cleared yesterday for an upgrade and I (GGL) did not. We were in the same booking class. Was told it’s because he is Gold for Life.
Sep 28, 2019, 10:41 am
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Sep 28, 2019, 11:53 am
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They’ll tell him that as it will make him feel good. He would have been selected by a computer though, with status just one of many considerations that it takes
Sep 28, 2019, 1:30 pm
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I've noticed on board, my greeting is more often than not, a GFL greeting, over a GGL greeting. Not sure if one trumps the other in terms of CIV, etc. if it only lists one "rank." Anyone know?
Sep 30, 2019, 5:17 pm
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Sep 30, 2019, 5:27 pm
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Giving out an operational upgrade is really a fortuitous marketing opportunity -- so they're going to pick out the person who's most likely to be persuaded to now pay for a higher cabin, or who'll fly with BA more now that they feel 'valued'. Presumably, the BA computer just decided that upgrading your colleague is, in some small way, going to be better for BA's bottom line than upgrading you.
Sep 30, 2019, 5:49 pm
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A bog-standard GGL will have a CIV of 97. A GfL will have a CIV of between 52 and 96 depending on how much money that individual puts behind the bar.
Sep 30, 2019, 9:42 pm
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How do they calculate the spend for the allocation of CIV (52 to 96)?