FAQ : BAEC : status extensions & Tier Point (re)qualification thresholds reduced
Jun 11, 2020, 4:52 am
#106
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Kent, UK
Programs: BA Gold; Turkish Miles&SmilesElite;; Freccia Alata Plus; Amex Platinum; SPG Gold; Marriott Gold Elit
Posts: 276
Jun 11, 2020, 4:52 am
#107
Ambassador, British Airways; FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Leeds, UK
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, GfL, HH Diamond
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Jun 11, 2020, 4:53 am
#109
Join Date: Jun 2020
Location: Glasgow UK
Programs: BA GGL
Posts: 52
it doesn't extend your collection year end date. It just gives you an extra year at that status should you not do enough flying to keep that status at year end.
Jun 11, 2020, 4:53 am
#110
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: London
Programs: Sir Ratechaser Seigneur de la Patience d'un Saint (Mucci), BA Silver, Starbucks Gold
Posts: 2,553
I'm beginning to think that I've managed to get Silver for life! Last time I earned any significant TPs in a year was 2014.
But with soft landings, various ex gratia stuff like this and the 2015 IT meltdown extension, plus at least one year where I was extended for no apparent reason at all, here I am, 6 years on, still silver, good for another 17 months...
Happy days.
But with soft landings, various ex gratia stuff like this and the 2015 IT meltdown extension, plus at least one year where I was extended for no apparent reason at all, here I am, 6 years on, still silver, good for another 17 months...
Happy days.
Jun 11, 2020, 4:53 am
#111
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: London, ARN, HEL, ..... or MAN
Programs: BA GGL / GFL, Mucci Diamond!, HH Diamond, Radisson Premium, IHG Gold, Hertz Gold
Posts: 5,893
There are always winners and losers in these situations but the July cohort are stuffed by this (esp if GGL without GFL)
Example with no further earning:
A July GGL with 3000 current TPs will be GGL to August 2021 and Silver afterwards.
A June Gold with 1050 current TPs will be Gold to July 2022
Really doesn't seem quite right. The member who has earned nearly 3x the TPs in the last year ends up worse off for 2021-2022.
Jun 11, 2020, 4:54 am
#112
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: London, UK
Programs: BA GGL, HHonors Diamond
Posts: 910
My crystal ball has been proven rather wrong this last year, maybe others are still working ok 
Considering this is the 2nd position BA have taken I think we'll only know nearer the time.
Using my somewhat unreliable crystal ball once more, I think there is a very real possibility of travel being affected once again later this year/early next, so taking a position now that takes through to June 21 makes sense to me rather than one valid for say 3-6 months.
Considering this is the 2nd position BA have taken I think we'll only know nearer the time.
Using my somewhat unreliable crystal ball once more, I think there is a very real possibility of travel being affected once again later this year/early next, so taking a position now that takes through to June 21 makes sense to me rather than one valid for say 3-6 months.
Jun 11, 2020, 4:54 am
#113
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Berkshire
Programs: BAEC GGL/CCR/LTG
Posts: 684
A colleagues membership year ended this week, on 1040 points. He's spoken to BA yesterday, and they aren't going to renew Gold for him. I guess he would have been fine if his year ended next month? Not an ideal situation.
Jun 11, 2020, 4:54 am
#114
Join Date: Nov 2017
Posts: 3,059
No no no no no no no no!!!! I can see why everyone else is delighted... but as someone with a June end-date who didn’t requalify for Silver, it means I get an extension... of Rust. Why couldn’t they just give everyone 12 months full stop?! That’s just mean.
Jun 11, 2020, 4:55 am
#115
Join Date: Apr 2015
Programs: Some
Posts: 5,250
- To the current membership year?
- To the following 12 month period / next membership year?
- To both of those periods separately?
- To a new combined TP earning period made up of this membership year plus the following 12 month period?
Jun 11, 2020, 4:56 am
#116
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Singapore
Programs: BA Gold. KrisFlyer Gold
Posts: 732
This is good news. So, as a February year-ender, my GGL status now runs until Feb 2022.
One thing I am unclear about: will my TPs still reset in Feb 2021? Which would mean I have 12 months to earn 2250 for renewal, not 20 months from now onwards? The former makes more sense but obviously disincentives flying for TP-chasers over the next few months (i.e. until their next earning year begins).
One thing I am unclear about: will my TPs still reset in Feb 2021? Which would mean I have 12 months to earn 2250 for renewal, not 20 months from now onwards? The former makes more sense but obviously disincentives flying for TP-chasers over the next few months (i.e. until their next earning year begins).
Jun 11, 2020, 4:56 am
#117
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Leeds, UK
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you got a 30% reduction already for renewal, and you could have shown achieving that with any cancelled bookings. are you saying with flights you took and all cancelled trips you didn't manage 420?
Jun 11, 2020, 4:56 am
#118
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 3,838
They are extending status that was already earned, so people are retaining the same level of status that they earned previously (whether you view that being gained by occasional, frequent or whatever frequency of flying).
In terms of the 25% reduction in points threshold, I haven’t spoken to any frequent traveller who anticipates fully returning to their pre-Covid schedule any time soon. I realise there are quite a few posters on here who still think normality will return soon, but I’m not one of them. If we assume flyers will fly at a rate of 50% of previous year (very optimistic in my view), then the 25% reduction will still result in less stays being granted than in previous years.
Jun 11, 2020, 4:56 am
#119
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: LHR / LAS
Programs: BA GfL, GGL/CCR
Posts: 2,409
Whereas every TP I earn from July 8th onwards this year will be needed in order for me to extend to 2022.
There are always winners and losers in these situations but the July cohort are stuffed by this (esp if GGL without GFL)
Example with no further earning:
A July GGL with 3000 current TPs will be GGL to August 2021 and Silver afterwards.
A June Gold with 1050 current TPs will be Gold to July 2022
Really doesn't seem quite right. The member who has earned nearly 3x the TPs in the last year ends up worse off for 2021-2022.
There are always winners and losers in these situations but the July cohort are stuffed by this (esp if GGL without GFL)
Example with no further earning:
A July GGL with 3000 current TPs will be GGL to August 2021 and Silver afterwards.
A June Gold with 1050 current TPs will be Gold to July 2022
Really doesn't seem quite right. The member who has earned nearly 3x the TPs in the last year ends up worse off for 2021-2022.
Jun 11, 2020, 4:58 am
#120
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 579
How have you been renewed to November 2022 (or are you currently Gold with a worst case drop to Silver until Nov 2022?)