Originally Posted by jjLDNY

Just to confirm again the theories we had were correct. I am a Dec 8 collection that was pushing for CCR this year. I had asked to confirm, that if I get 3750 before then I would indeed still get CCR.

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Dear Mr JJLDNY

Thank you for your email. Yes, we have now put lower thresholds in place for all account renewals up to June 2022, so if you earn 3750 either before 08 December 2020, or between 09 December 2020 and 08 December 2021, that would be sufficient for you to enter the Gold Guest List.

If you were to achieve 3750 before December to get onto GGL, you would then only need 2250 TP in your December 2020-21 year to retain it (usually you would need 3000). I hope this may put it within reach for you, good luck!

Please feel free to let us know if you have any further queries at this time.


Kind regards
Louise
British Airways Executive Club

Originally Posted by manysyllables

... I am planning to sign up for BAEC membership in November (I need my membership year to start in Dec) - in my case, will it also take me 3750 tier points to achieve GGL, or will the original threshold of 5000 points apply to me since I'll be a new member?

Thank you very much!

Originally Posted by GinFizz

Yes, the lower thresholds will apply across the board to any member for the dates relevant for you. Note also that you can sign up at any time - your BAEC tier point collection year will start from the 8th of the month when some activity first posts to your account (so your plan of signing up in Nov will be fine - just make sure the first time you earn any Avios is after Dec 8th).

Originally Posted by manysyllables

Thanks, GinFizz! especially for that last note about how the tier collection year starts. In response to that, just a quick question, if I may: will my plan run into any hitches, then, if I try to retroactively claim points for a BA flight taken in September?

Originally Posted by onlysuites

Same with my account. Anyone contacted BA about this?

Originally Posted by drakepassage

My other half started the TP year 09 Aug 2019 on Bronze and qualified as Silver last year, has a TP year end 08 Aug 2020 and is sitting on 1000 TPs. Card expiry was 30 Sep 2021 and after the extension now has a card expiry of 30 Sep 2022.

The lower qualification thresholds means he only needs 125 TPs by 08 Aug 2020 to achieve Gold.

My question is how long would this status be valid for - to the current card expiry date of 30 Sep 2022, or would it reset/supersede the extension and only be valid until 30 Sep 2021?

Originally Posted by KARFA

to the current card expiry date of 30 sep 2022

Originally Posted by greenmeadie

I'm sure this has been covered and I have read through but i'd appreciate a quick double check:

My year ends on the 8th Sept - I currently have silver status through to 31 Oct 2021 with the extension. I am only 30 points away from retaining silver, but is this worth doing? Would that give an extra year at silver?

Thanks so much for any help!

Originally Posted by drakepassage

Thanks! Has this been confirmed in writing to anyone? About to book flights based on this.

And the cheeky million dollar question.... do you reckon he’d get a soft landing thereafter to Silver?!

Wait and see, I imagine..

Originally Posted by essouira

Have you tried Twitter ? I received a response quite quickly asking me to send a private message. Good luck !

Originally Posted by GinFizz

For this to have any chance to work you would need to make sure that some Avios/Tier Points post to your account in December (to fix your TP collection year) before submitting a retro-claim for flights flown in September.

I suspect that in this case you will get the Avios for the September flight, but the Tier Points will be cancelled out (this is standard procedure when flights at the end of one TP year post at the start of the next year - in your account transactions there are three entries - one to add the Avios coupled with one to add the TPs, and then an "adjustment" to remove the TPs again).