Byrneand

Just been downgraded to silver after a decade of Gold+ with BAEC due to flight curtailments with COVID.

Would probably re-qualify for Gold this year or next but I could well see this being the catalyst for me changing airlines. I've got to say I'm pretty appalled at this by BA and I think that it's really poor strategically. There's essentially two scenarios from here:

1) COVID curtails all travel - therefore the cost to BA of the gold benefits that they provide me is zero.
2) Based on my historic travel patterns, they'd have enough revenue of me over the next two years to get me back to gold status pretty rapidly and they lock in that custom (along with that of developing brand loyalty with my family whom frequently travel in J due to expat contracts).

Massively disappointed by this move.

KARFA

Did you miss out on the reduced threshold of 1125?

Where you have cancelled bookings since March which would have given the necessary TPs to get to 1125 threshold BA are looking at that on a case by case basis. It may be worth you asking BAEC to look at this if it is applicable for you,

northeastflyer

Hi. Not sure if this is the correct place to ask this, but here goes. Is it correct that a J booking say CDG-DOH-BKK return gets you 560 TP?

wilsnunn

Yes that is right, in J each of those legs is 140 TPs so 140x4=560 TPs.

James91

For the first time ever (and maybe the last) I'm 90 TPs away from Silver - starting to wonder if I should do a weekend in OTP or SOF to get over the line. Is it worth going from Bronze? I travel a ton on BA but usually in Y+.

alex67500

Silver is the sweetspot since you get lounge access. If in good health and not too anxious about the current situation then the answer is most likely yes. Plus with extensions, you may get an extra year (experiences vary).

wilsnunn

In my opinion (having been Silver for a while) it is certainly worth it over Bronze. It is definitely a sweet spot within BAEC:

- Lounge access
- Seat selection at time of booking
- Baggage allowance (if you need it)

James91

Hmm. The lounge would be great. I probably spend more than a CE ticket on Pret in T5. Maybe I will go for it!

yossi

As a BAEC Silver, I know I'm entitled to two pieces of checked luggage weighing up to 32 kilos. Yet how about the weight of extra (and paid) checked luggage? Is it 23 or 32 kgs? I wonder if as BAEC Silver flying on a transatlantic flight, every piece of checked luggage, whether extra or not, could be up to 32 kgs.

thanks,
Yossi

chilglish

Hi,
Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but here goes:
Are the current thresholds for achieving Bronze/Silver/ Gold lower than usual?
I seem to remember somebody mentioning lower thresholds and am particularly interested in seeing if I have a chance of reaching silver.
I’m travelling in September, SCL-MAD-BCN-LHR-MAD-SCL in I, so should rack up 420 TP, although BA have now cancelled the BCN-LHR leg so will probably lose 20 TP there. I may even have time for my first ever TP run whilst I’m in the UK, but need to check if it’s realistic.
I’d appreciate any advice from all you seasoned FTers out there!

jerry a. laska

From ba.com:
See:
https://www.britishairways.com/en-us...efits#vouchers
Although the necessary tier points have been reduced you will still need the necessary 2 eligible flights for bronze or 4 for silver or gold.

Also see the wiki and posts in this thread:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/brit...12-months.html

chilglish

Thank you jerry a. lasca!

Would I be right in thinking that with my current itinerary, I’d be just 30 TP (or possibly 50) shy of silver and have taken the required 4 flights?

jerry a. laska

I assume you are flying IB SCL-MAD and within Spain? All flights are booked in I class? And with the BCN-LHR canceled how are you getting to LHR?

SCL-MAD-BCN-LHR-MAD-SCL

160 + 20 + 40 + 40 + 160 = 420

BA marketed or operated flights count as eligible flights. IB marketed and operated flights count as eligible flights.

acquiescefc

Is there any way to find my original fare class?

4 flight itinerary A>B>C>B>A just finished and all the flights were changed since i booked it due to rescheduling. My posted TPs are different suggesting outward and inward subclasses were different.
Just curious as if I challenge the higher one may be wrong. I cant see any class reference for original flights in any emails/account pages.

Thanks in advance.

Globaliser

You could try going to https://www.finnair.com/gb-en/custom...ticket-receipt and seeing whether you can still generate an e-ticket receipt this way. If so, you may find that it still states the original fare basIs for each sector.