My Journey to GGL
Jun 27, 2022, 11:24 am
#17
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: JER
Programs: BA Gold/OWE, several MUCCI, and assorted Pensions!
Posts: 32,146
I prostrate myself to your greatness, Sir!
Thanks to the BA Holidays deal, we're on course to a magnificent 1560 by next May ... renewing our humble Goldness for another year! it helped to have an overnight message today inviting us to stay in PHX again early next year!
Thanks to the BA Holidays deal, we're on course to a magnificent 1560 by next May ... renewing our humble Goldness for another year! it helped to have an overnight message today inviting us to stay in PHX again early next year!
Jun 27, 2022, 11:40 am
#18
Original Poster
Join Date: Mar 2020
Programs: British Airways GGL/CCR, Hilton Diamond & Marriott Gold
Posts: 2,612
Since becoming GGL, we have flown to SCL and have other LH coming up, they were just not part of my plan to get there (also 2021 was crap for LH)
Last edited by PGberkshire; Oct 13, 2022 at 8:15 am
Jun 27, 2022, 11:46 am
#19
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: UK
Programs: BA GfL & GGL, FB Platinum, MB Titanium, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 2,403
Great job and I appreciate the breakdown of how it was done.
I was concentrating on making GfL this year and made GGL for the first time by chance as I wasn’t even thinking about it. I have a TPs coming to renew GGL but I don’t think I’ll be going out of my way to renew again, especially at the full rate.
My plan, after dedicating myself to BA for so many years is to see what life is like on other airlines in their premium cabins, price and timings fitting into my plans of course.
I was concentrating on making GfL this year and made GGL for the first time by chance as I wasn’t even thinking about it. I have a TPs coming to renew GGL but I don’t think I’ll be going out of my way to renew again, especially at the full rate.
My plan, after dedicating myself to BA for so many years is to see what life is like on other airlines in their premium cabins, price and timings fitting into my plans of course.
Jun 27, 2022, 12:09 pm
#20
Original Poster
Join Date: Mar 2020
Programs: British Airways GGL/CCR, Hilton Diamond & Marriott Gold
Posts: 2,612
Great job and I appreciate the breakdown of how it was done.
I was concentrating on making GfL this year and made GGL for the first time by chance as I wasn’t even thinking about it. I have a TPs coming to renew GGL but I don’t think I’ll be going out of my way to renew again, especially at the full rate.
My plan, after dedicating myself to BA for so many years is to see what life is like on other airlines in their premium cabins, price and timings fitting into my plans of course.
I was concentrating on making GfL this year and made GGL for the first time by chance as I wasn’t even thinking about it. I have a TPs coming to renew GGL but I don’t think I’ll be going out of my way to renew again, especially at the full rate.
My plan, after dedicating myself to BA for so many years is to see what life is like on other airlines in their premium cabins, price and timings fitting into my plans of course.
Jun 27, 2022, 12:30 pm
#22
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: JER
Programs: BA Gold/OWE, several MUCCI, and assorted Pensions!
Posts: 32,146
Jun 27, 2022, 12:36 pm
#23
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Cheltenham
Programs: KLM Plat for Life , BA Gold, HH Silver, (Other half Diamond), IHG Gold
Posts: 2,398
The important thing is that you enjoyed it and it scratched an itch ! Life’s too short not to have some fun , you can’t put TP/£ on that . Well done and enjoy!
Jun 27, 2022, 12:52 pm
#24
Original Poster
Join Date: Mar 2020
Programs: British Airways GGL/CCR, Hilton Diamond & Marriott Gold
Posts: 2,612
Not that high
for the BAH trips, included
The LHR trips I stayed at my parents in Berkshire
The TP runs that didn't have included Hotels were - Bucharest, Warsaw, Prague and Malta x 2.
Malta was £40 a time (local 4 star hotel), Bucharest £50, Prague £80 and Warsaw was 3 nights at £70 a night (all Hilton)
so total was £420.
That makes the TP to £1.78
for the BAH trips, included
The LHR trips I stayed at my parents in Berkshire
The TP runs that didn't have included Hotels were - Bucharest, Warsaw, Prague and Malta x 2.
Malta was £40 a time (local 4 star hotel), Bucharest £50, Prague £80 and Warsaw was 3 nights at £70 a night (all Hilton)
so total was £420.
That makes the TP to £1.78
Last edited by PGberkshire; Jun 27, 2022 at 12:58 pm
Jun 27, 2022, 1:04 pm
#25
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Oxford (&Western Isles )
Programs: BA GGL, CCR; RyanAir MillionMiler :( ;
Posts: 756
Brilliant - i had a crazy year where a combination of work, hols and TP runs (with 210 transcon USA) and i got over the 5000 hurdle. Hitting 3000 each year after needs a bit of planning - but it is definitely worth it for a family of 5! 
Jokers are magic! and 241 / GUF2 work great too. Well done and good luck next year!
Jokers are magic! and 241 / GUF2 work great too. Well done and good luck next year!
Jun 27, 2022, 1:06 pm
#26
Original Poster
Join Date: Mar 2020
Programs: British Airways GGL/CCR, Hilton Diamond & Marriott Gold
Posts: 2,612
Brilliant - i had a crazy year where a combination of work, hols and TP runs (with 210 transcon USA) and i got over the 5000 hurdle. Hitting 3000 each year after needs a bit of planning - but it is definitely worth it for a family of 5! Jokers are magic! and 241 / GUF2 work great too. Well done and good luck next year!
Jokers are magic! and 241 / GUF2 work great too. Well done and good luck next year!
Jun 27, 2022, 2:16 pm
#27
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Arizona
Programs: BA (GGL G4L), AA (Gold), HH (Diamond); Marriott (Gold)
Posts: 3,011
Not that high
for the BAH trips, included
The LHR trips I stayed at my parents in Berkshire
The TP runs that didn't have included Hotels were - Bucharest, Warsaw, Prague and Malta x 2.
Malta was £40 a time (local 4 star hotel), Bucharest £50, Prague £80 and Warsaw was 3 nights at £70 a night (all Hilton)
so total was £420.
That makes the TP to £1.78
for the BAH trips, included
The LHR trips I stayed at my parents in Berkshire
The TP runs that didn't have included Hotels were - Bucharest, Warsaw, Prague and Malta x 2.
Malta was £40 a time (local 4 star hotel), Bucharest £50, Prague £80 and Warsaw was 3 nights at £70 a night (all Hilton)
so total was £420.
That makes the TP to £1.78
The backbone of my most recent renewal was 5 DUB-PHX return (580 TP for around $2000 each including a positioning trip per journey, excluding hotels), plus a handful of other more expensive journeys.
Factoring in hotels wouldn’t really be a fair comparison as these were 2-4 week journeys.
Now if you factor in the amount of time rebooking things after cancellations, I’ll just say it was a good thing these were necessary trips.
Jun 28, 2022, 5:36 pm
#28
Original Poster
Join Date: Mar 2020
Programs: British Airways GGL/CCR, Hilton Diamond & Marriott Gold
Posts: 2,612
Impressive.
The backbone of my most recent renewal was 5 DUB-PHX return (580 TP for around $2000 each including a positioning trip per journey, excluding hotels), plus a handful of other more expensive journeys.
Factoring in hotels wouldn’t really be a fair comparison as these were 2-4 week journeys.
Now if you factor in the amount of time rebooking things after cancellations, I’ll just say it was a good thing these were necessary trips.
The backbone of my most recent renewal was 5 DUB-PHX return (580 TP for around $2000 each including a positioning trip per journey, excluding hotels), plus a handful of other more expensive journeys.
Factoring in hotels wouldn’t really be a fair comparison as these were 2-4 week journeys.
Now if you factor in the amount of time rebooking things after cancellations, I’ll just say it was a good thing these were necessary trips.