FAQ : BAEC : status extensions & Tier Point (re)qualification thresholds reduced
Jun 11, 2020, 4:13 am
#31
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: UK
Programs: Mucci, Diamond Status & on the Supreme Council des Conseillers, BA Ag, Bonvoy GFL/Plat, xVS Au
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I do find this conspiracy theory from GSTP quite amusing now though, awful timing! https://www.godsavethepoints.com/con...us-extensions/
Jun 11, 2020, 4:13 am
#32
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Join Date: Mar 2010
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Also just had the email. The OH and I are grateful, but a bit saddened that it has taken BAEC so long to implement this.
Anyway, "Thank You", BAEC.
Anyway, "Thank You", BAEC.
Jun 11, 2020, 4:13 am
#33
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: UK - Hampshire & London
Programs: Mucci de Guardian des Celliers des Grands Crus 1e Classé, plus BAEC.
Posts: 2,734
Great news, am very pleased we’ve had something substantial and worthwhile after being kept waiting. Oooh, aren’t BA such a tease?!! 😉
Im silver and will definitely be targeting Gold in the following year with the reduced TP requirement.
Im silver and will definitely be targeting Gold in the following year with the reduced TP requirement.
Jun 11, 2020, 4:17 am
#38
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Brighton, UK
Programs: BAEC GGL, HH Diamond, Bonvoy Gold
Posts: 51
This is good news.
I have a question which doesn't seem to be clearly answer on BA's website. My renewal date is December 2020 and I have flights booked from this date until early April worth about 1,350 tier points. Will this get me gold based on the lower thresholds or is it only a valid offer in your current collection year?
I have a question which doesn't seem to be clearly answer on BA's website. My renewal date is December 2020 and I have flights booked from this date until early April worth about 1,350 tier points. Will this get me gold based on the lower thresholds or is it only a valid offer in your current collection year?
Jun 11, 2020, 4:19 am
#39
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: London
Programs: BA GGL
Posts: 1,405
Excellent news, well done BAEC (finally!). I was confident that they would have to do this eventually and like you had spent no time whatsoever doing any maths. I am finding that as this goes on I am missing travel less and less.
T&Cs make no mention however of 2250TP for GGL renewal (or indeed 3750 for first time), nor whether the 12mo extension also applies to CCR cards. My working assumption is that this is blanket everything unless anyone knows any different. I note however that GUF earning levels are not reduced by 25%.
T&Cs make no mention however of 2250TP for GGL renewal (or indeed 3750 for first time), nor whether the 12mo extension also applies to CCR cards. My working assumption is that this is blanket everything unless anyone knows any different. I note however that GUF earning levels are not reduced by 25%.
Last edited by snuffi; Jun 11, 2020 at 4:31 am
Jun 11, 2020, 4:20 am
#41
Join Date: Mar 2017
Programs: BA GGL, GfL, Hilton Diamond, Hyatt Lifetime Globalist, AllAccor Diamond, Marriott Ambassador Elite
Posts: 1,042
How ill this effect entitlement to the CCR card? I renew in Sept and have 3700 TPs, so I have already kept my GGL for next year. Will they extend my CCR room card too?
Jun 11, 2020, 4:20 am
#42
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As a "May" member, I note this from the FAQ on ba.com ...
I hope they don't forget!
I'm still a bit unsure how it will work, as we had renewed Gold by 8 May. Don't tell me they'll say "Sorry, you had renewed. Tough luck!" We shall see: I suspect/hope it's just poor expression on BA's part.
*Members whose Tier Point collection end date was in May or June 2020, who did not meet the reduced qualification requirement for their Tier will have the 12-month extension applied to their new Tier once their current card expiry date has passed.
I'm still a bit unsure how it will work, as we had renewed Gold by 8 May. Don't tell me they'll say "Sorry, you had renewed. Tough luck!" We shall see: I suspect/hope it's just poor expression on BA's part.
Jun 11, 2020, 4:21 am
#43
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: London
Programs: BA LtG, Flying Blue Plat
Posts: 274
My OH dropped to Bronze at the start of this month (8th April renewal) and has now been extended in Bronze after being gold/silver for 10 years and had enough trips cancelled in March/April/May to requalify... not too happy this morning!
Jun 11, 2020, 4:21 am
#45
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: East Anglia, England
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 2,056
I am not surprised by this action and was quietly confident that it would happen. After all, BA did the same thing in 2010 when Eyjafjallajökull erupted and that disruption only lasted a couple of weeks whereas the present situation is a couple of months (if not more).
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