scottishpoet

If people are clogging up the call centre because they cannot fly because of cancellations that also kind of ruins the original posters arguement that its not fair that people who did not meet the threshold are being extended.

and, ... fix the cancellations issue and the call centre wait times issue resolves itself

orbitmic

You don't say if it means they took pity or that my callous cynicism has made me BA leadership's public enemy no1!

Lefly

No email for me as well, but I think my card has been extended already to 2023.

GUF2, lifetime TPs, Avios...?
I'm in a similar situation, I just earned enough TPs to keep status... and get a GUF2. I'm ok with that.

If those GGLs don't fly, they are not using any perk nor contributing to increase response times by phone or mail.
On the other hand, if BA would let them drop to Gold while there still are limitations to international travel, how many would not bother anymore to fly and spend on BA enough to get GGL again?

star_crazy

I’m G with Nov renewal….little chance of reaching 1125 TPs due to several trip cancellations due to COVID work related travel policy changes (big US tech firm!)

I now have to go to the US in a couple of weeks but due to the crazy Club World prices on BA atm they have told us we have to fly Y…..and frankly, I am thinking of using VS and their economy Delight product for a bit more leg room and I can use points to upgrade to Premium Y or even UC whereas on BA there is nothing available for points upgrade

I do think BA in some way miss the knock on effect of high pricing and lack of ability to use points….if I go VS and it’s good I’ll probably abandon attempts to renew Gold on BA and just mix and match airlines depending on route etc so they’ll lose thousands over the course of a year

pazza2000

I’m surprised BA didn’t group G’s with GGH’s and just renew (extend) a further few months through to the year end.

adrianlondon

I'm Bronze with a November renewal. Unlucky timing, as I dropped from Silver right before Covid hit. I'll be dropping to Blue for the first time in years. I fly short-haul regularly-ish (using avios where possible) and fly long haul only to Asia (usually a convoluted route in CW to get me close to Silver). With Asia having been mainly shut, and my trips typically taking me to Taiwan (still shut to me) Blue it'll be!

It could be a good thing, as with no status, unless I get a good ex-EU price and loads of tier points, I'll also be trying non-one-world airlines for the first time in years. I used to fly SIA but haven't done for ages once I got into the BA tier-point-collection mindset.

So, in my case, BA won't be losing much (just 2x CW flights to Asia a year, plus one Y flight usually) but for me it'll be the incentive to try another airline. Or lac of incentive to stick with BA, however one views it.

Wozza2404

I've said it upthread but I'll state it again - given that GGL is a footnote on the BA webpage - a tier within a tier that is almost never separated from Gold when dealing with issues like this - the fact that they've chosen to split GGLs off means BA have looked at the numbers and decided it is worthwhile.

Perhaps a large number of 'corporate' GGL's companies have told BA their travel policies will allow flying again from 2023 - and BA want to retain those flyers. Perhaps they're concerned about the lounge capacity for Golds, but as all GGLs now have CCR access it's not such an issue for them.

Either way, BA would never please everyone whatever they decided to do. But it's their game, their ball and their rules.

A13

Could a lowly bronze with august renewal date achieve silver with 300TPs? Or is that just for silver renewals?

zen100

Oh, I think they know... But it helps (BA) to separate the price sensitive status holders from those willing to pay the current high prices.

But it's definately harder (or rather, more expensive) to achieve the thresholds now. It feels like the current 25% reduction in tier points offsets that a lot.

Fatdickie

Did you get an email from BA in the past few days?

Not sure if it applies to Bronze

Does your card expire say 8th Aug year end and 30th September expiry?

If I were you I would wait until your new collection year, then you have 5 months to get 450 tier points in the reduced threshold offer

Then you would be silver to August 2024.

If you can use the BA holidays offer

Double tier points to a 160 TP destination in CE
You could get 320 tier points to start you off

Then two weekends away and you're there

Or just 3 return flights to Sofia etc

Oaxaca

I also wonder if the fact that GGL is the only tier with different TP requirements for “earn” and “renew” has played into this. If you drop from GGL, having to get 5K TPs (ignoring reduced thresholds for now) to get it back is a much higher mountain to climb. There may have been a calculation that there is a chunk of 3-5K TP flyers out there that BA wasn’t keen to risk letting go as things recover. Just idle speculation on my part.

Of course, some people who have flown and renewed anyway may feel aggrieved (this was a theme back at the very first extension), but as you say, BA’s game, ball and rules. And those TPs may still have a value for GUFs and lifetime TPs.

andrewr1985

For reference, Gold here and no e-mail received, and account still shows expiry of Gold card in November 2022

Wozza2404

From numbers thrown around here, there were 5-7K GGLs and under 20% of them also had CCR cards (back when CCR cards were a thing). So that's perfectly possible.

GK1981

Same here (Though December expiry), and same for my partner (November).

TTmex

Only gold from July to Sep extended. Ggl up to December. So as a regular gold you won't see anything unless BA announce new extensions