FAQ : BAEC : status extensions & Tier Point (re)qualification thresholds reduced
Apr 21, 2022, 9:52 am
#4611
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: London, ARN, HEL, ..... or MAN
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Apr 21, 2022, 9:56 am
#4612
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: UK
Programs: BAEC
Posts: 1,174
Not seen it mentioned here, but although I'd likely re-qualify under Silver think it's seriously poor form not to offer members in this tier some form of extension. Presume the 'value and understanding' that BA so often reminds us of considers us not 'loyal' enough to be worthy of one..
Apr 21, 2022, 10:03 am
#4614
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Krakow
Programs: BAEC Silver, Miles and More(FTL), IHG(Platinum), Accor, HHonors(Diamond), SPG, Hertz Five Star
Posts: 5,937
Not seen it mentioned here, but although I'd likely re-qualify under Silver think it's seriously poor form not to offer members in this tier some form of extension. Presume the 'value and understanding' that BA so often reminds us of considers us not 'loyal' enough to be worthy of one..
Apr 21, 2022, 10:09 am
#4615
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Krakow
Programs: BAEC Silver, Miles and More(FTL), IHG(Platinum), Accor, HHonors(Diamond), SPG, Hertz Five Star
Posts: 5,937
if you had some holidays, business travel etc and this was flying you would have done anyway its not really a problem either way
i can see a case for BA extending and saying that a % of the points accumulated would rollover but they have chosen not to do that
But it was in BAs interest to have you fly, if they had forewarned us we were being extened well in advance and many of us had chosen not to fly then that would not have helped their coffers and I suspect at the moment every penny really counts
Apr 21, 2022, 10:41 am
#4616
Join Date: Jul 2010
Programs: BAEC Gold Guest List
Posts: 193
if all you are doing is TP runs then this was always a risk, the alternate was not travelling and no extension being offered. You rolled the dice
if you had some holidays, business travel etc and this was flying you would have done anyway its not really a problem either way
i can see a case for BA extending and saying that a % of the points accumulated would rollover but they have chosen not to do that
But it was in BAs interest to have you fly, if they had forewarned us we were being extened well in advance and many of us had chosen not to fly then that would not have helped their coffers and I suspect at the moment every penny really counts
if you had some holidays, business travel etc and this was flying you would have done anyway its not really a problem either way
i can see a case for BA extending and saying that a % of the points accumulated would rollover but they have chosen not to do that
But it was in BAs interest to have you fly, if they had forewarned us we were being extened well in advance and many of us had chosen not to fly then that would not have helped their coffers and I suspect at the moment every penny really counts
Apr 21, 2022, 10:43 am
#4617
FlyerTalk Evangelist, Ambassador, British Airways Executive Club
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Somewhere between 0 and 13,000 metres high
Programs: AF/KL Life Plat, BA GGL+GfL, ALL Plat, Hilton Diam, Marriott Gold, blablablah, etc
Posts: 30,545
I also seem to be in the current late receivers batch of emails. Wonder if others have not received it yet (or why the batching in the first place but that’s purely academic curiosity)
Apr 21, 2022, 10:44 am
#4618
Join Date: Jan 2011
Programs: BAEC GGL/CCR, Hilton Diamond, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 395
Wow. I'm really surprised by this. I suppose pleasantly. Although since I now fairly easily reach status I've become one of those humbugs who is okay with it being more difficult for everyone else to thin out the lounges etc 
I also now realise I could have just booked my last F trip on Lufthansa rather than BA/AA metal which I did entirely for the tier points!
I also now realise I could have just booked my last F trip on Lufthansa rather than BA/AA metal which I did entirely for the tier points!
Apr 21, 2022, 11:01 am
#4619
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: UK
Programs: BA, U2+, SK, AF/KL, IHG, Hilton, others gathering dust...
Posts: 2,552
Which of course from BA's viewpoint is the best possible argument for delaying the extension decision / announcement...pretty understandable really.
Apr 21, 2022, 11:07 am
#4620
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Berkshire
Programs: BA Lifetime Gold, GGL/CCR, Hilton Diamond, Accor Plat, Pucci Fan Club
Posts: 1,779
My wife and kids all fall into the October to December bucket unfortunately. But pleased for those who will benefit.