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BA FAQ : Tier Point collection changes | Executive Club | British Airways
What is happening?
British Airways are changing the TP collection year (also known as the BA Executive Club Year) so that everyone will have an expiry of 31st March going forward.
Their email states:
From next year, your Tier status will reset at the same time as everyone else's, meaning youll have the same Tier Point collection year as friends and family who are also members of the Executive Club.
In future, the Tier Point collection year will start on 1 April and end on 31 March every year. The change will be in place for all British Airways Executive Club Members starting from 1 April 2025.
How will this affect my current year?
You will earn and achieve/retain status as per the current set-up until the end of your current TP year.
e.g. If you have achieved or expect to achieve 1500TPs before the end of your current TP year (8th of a month) you will retain or be promoted to Gold status.
How will this affect the subsequent year?
Your next TP earning year will be SHORTER and will end on 31st March 2025.
You will have between the start of your next TP earning year and 31st March 2025 to earn the required number of TPs to attain or retain status.
e.g. if you are Gold you need to get 1500TPs between 8th October 2024 and 31st March 2025.
HOWEVER: BA will add all of the TPs that you earn between 1st April 2024 and the end of your current membership year (in the case above 8th October 2024) to next year's total.
This means that your target for TP earning in the year [Start of year something 8th of a month] 24- 31st March 25 will be your normal target (e.g. 1500TPs) MINUS whatever you earned from 1st April 2024 until the end of your current year.
Effectively, you should consider 1st April 2024 as the new start of your next TP earning year for TP collection purposes.
You will get a 1 time points credit 14 days after your year end with the TP you earnt from 1 april upto your previous year end.
Status earned in the new (next) year will be valid until end of April 2026.
How will my current status card expiry date be affected?
BA have confirmed that it will NOT be affected.
i.e. if you have Silver status with a card expiry of 31st December 2025 (having already achieved silver renewal since 8th November 2023) this will not be affected.
If you subsequently drop to Bronze status then this will expire 30th April 2026.
Will I be able to double-dip (use the April 24 - TP collection year end date TPs twice) for Lifetime TPs?
No
Will I be able to double-dip for GUFs etc.?
I don't think we know yet.
Scottishpoet - from May year ends it has been seen that tier points are crediting towards GUFs
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/36246689-post1113.html
If I earn TPs in the Amex TP offer between 1st April and 21st May 2024 (when the offer expires) will these count in the double-dip?
We believe that the answer to this is yes
Has the 'grace' period for status reduced?
Yes.
Whereas it used to be until the end of the month following your year end (i.e. if you had a year ending 8th October you would be Gold with a card valid until 30th November) everyone will now have a card that is valid until 30th April.
Just under 2 months 'grace' has decreased to just under 1 month.
What about GGL status retention?
BA have confirmed that you must achieve 3000TP, during your SHORTENED/transition year (with the addition of the doubled TPs from April 1st 2024) in order to maintain continuous GGL membership. If you fail to do so your GGL status will expire at the date of card expiry from your last 8-8th year (even though this may be as late as 30th April 2026) and you would need to requalify at 5000TPs again.
This has particular implications for those who may be earning a significant number of TPs in February and March 2024 as these will not be counted into the SHORTENED/transition year.
Worked example (crazy8534)?
crazy8534's current status/TP earning year ends 8th June 2024.
He has already renewed GGL status so has a card that will expire with GGL status on 31st July 2025.
He will earn 2000TPs between 1st April 2024 and 8th June 2024.
His TP year will reset on 8th June 2024 and he will have 0TPs.
BA will then add the TPs that he has earned between 1st April 2024 and 8th June 2024 to his current year total (but not his lifetime total), giving him 2000TPs for the year 24/25.
He will need to earn another 1000TPs between 8th June 2024 and 31st March 2025 to renew GGL.
If he renews GGL then his new status will last until 30th April 2026.
If he fails to renew GGL status before 31st March 2025 then it will still last until 31st July 2025 (as per his current card).
He will then fall to either Gold (if earned >1500TPs) or Silver (if earned
Do qualifying flights also credit to the short year(scottishpoet)
Yes, qualifying flights taken between April 1 2024 and the end of your final old collection year will also credit to the short year ending ending on March 31 2025.
Note that this will occur a few hours after the Tier Points credit.
What is happening?
British Airways are changing the TP collection year (also known as the BA Executive Club Year) so that everyone will have an expiry of 31st March going forward.
Their email states:
From next year, your Tier status will reset at the same time as everyone else's, meaning youll have the same Tier Point collection year as friends and family who are also members of the Executive Club.
In future, the Tier Point collection year will start on 1 April and end on 31 March every year. The change will be in place for all British Airways Executive Club Members starting from 1 April 2025.
How will this affect my current year?
You will earn and achieve/retain status as per the current set-up until the end of your current TP year.
e.g. If you have achieved or expect to achieve 1500TPs before the end of your current TP year (8th of a month) you will retain or be promoted to Gold status.
How will this affect the subsequent year?
Your next TP earning year will be SHORTER and will end on 31st March 2025.
You will have between the start of your next TP earning year and 31st March 2025 to earn the required number of TPs to attain or retain status.
e.g. if you are Gold you need to get 1500TPs between 8th October 2024 and 31st March 2025.
HOWEVER: BA will add all of the TPs that you earn between 1st April 2024 and the end of your current membership year (in the case above 8th October 2024) to next year's total.
This means that your target for TP earning in the year [Start of year something 8th of a month] 24- 31st March 25 will be your normal target (e.g. 1500TPs) MINUS whatever you earned from 1st April 2024 until the end of your current year.
Effectively, you should consider 1st April 2024 as the new start of your next TP earning year for TP collection purposes.
You will get a 1 time points credit 14 days after your year end with the TP you earnt from 1 april upto your previous year end.
Status earned in the new (next) year will be valid until end of April 2026.
How will my current status card expiry date be affected?
BA have confirmed that it will NOT be affected.
i.e. if you have Silver status with a card expiry of 31st December 2025 (having already achieved silver renewal since 8th November 2023) this will not be affected.
If you subsequently drop to Bronze status then this will expire 30th April 2026.
Will I be able to double-dip (use the April 24 - TP collection year end date TPs twice) for Lifetime TPs?
No
Will I be able to double-dip for GUFs etc.?
I don't think we know yet.
Scottishpoet - from May year ends it has been seen that tier points are crediting towards GUFs
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/36246689-post1113.html
If I earn TPs in the Amex TP offer between 1st April and 21st May 2024 (when the offer expires) will these count in the double-dip?
We believe that the answer to this is yes
Has the 'grace' period for status reduced?
Yes.
Whereas it used to be until the end of the month following your year end (i.e. if you had a year ending 8th October you would be Gold with a card valid until 30th November) everyone will now have a card that is valid until 30th April.
Just under 2 months 'grace' has decreased to just under 1 month.
What about GGL status retention?
BA have confirmed that you must achieve 3000TP, during your SHORTENED/transition year (with the addition of the doubled TPs from April 1st 2024) in order to maintain continuous GGL membership. If you fail to do so your GGL status will expire at the date of card expiry from your last 8-8th year (even though this may be as late as 30th April 2026) and you would need to requalify at 5000TPs again.
This has particular implications for those who may be earning a significant number of TPs in February and March 2024 as these will not be counted into the SHORTENED/transition year.
Worked example (crazy8534)?
crazy8534's current status/TP earning year ends 8th June 2024.
He has already renewed GGL status so has a card that will expire with GGL status on 31st July 2025.
He will earn 2000TPs between 1st April 2024 and 8th June 2024.
His TP year will reset on 8th June 2024 and he will have 0TPs.
BA will then add the TPs that he has earned between 1st April 2024 and 8th June 2024 to his current year total (but not his lifetime total), giving him 2000TPs for the year 24/25.
He will need to earn another 1000TPs between 8th June 2024 and 31st March 2025 to renew GGL.
If he renews GGL then his new status will last until 30th April 2026.
If he fails to renew GGL status before 31st March 2025 then it will still last until 31st July 2025 (as per his current card).
He will then fall to either Gold (if earned >1500TPs) or Silver (if earned
Do qualifying flights also credit to the short year(scottishpoet)
Yes, qualifying flights taken between April 1 2024 and the end of your final old collection year will also credit to the short year ending ending on March 31 2025.
Note that this will occur a few hours after the Tier Points credit.
** BA ANNOUNCEMENT : all Tier Point collection years to start 1st April **
Dec 27, 2024 | 9:03 am
#1876
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You didn't have a collection period 1/4/24 to 8/12/24, you had one from 9/12/23 to 8/12/24. That is the one the 2500 TP for your first GUF2 will be based on. So you might want to check that and see when/if the first GUF2 should have been awarded, it might have been earlier than is implied in your post.
Will give them a ring during UK hours to maximize chances of success.
Thanks for your help!
Dec 27, 2024 | 3:06 pm
#1877
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: London, England
Programs: BA:Gold; IHG: Platinum; Safar Miles platinum
Posts: 85
Sorry to have to ask what I feel I should be able to work out for myself.
My membership year-end has been Feb 8th, giving me extended tier membership to 31st March.
I’ve been gold for 20 years now, but in recent years have tended to requalify every other year (apart from the COVID extension) between 9th Feb and 31st Mar, thus getting my requalification as a GCH for gold for another two years.
I’d already booked my 2024 Feb/Mar requalifying flights before the change was announced. I earned 1500 TPs before 1st April 2024 with (unfortunately) relatively few since.
My (virtual) card says I have Gold status to March 2026.
My question is, how do I requalify for 26-27 and 27-28 using the strategy I’ve used previously?
Flights taken in Mar 26 will no longer qualify for me (nor for anyone else) for the start of a new year, with the 1st April start date for all. Flights taken in April 2026 will give me gold for 26-7 and 27-8 but by April 26 my status will have soft landed to Bronze, having qualified for GCH status two TP periods previously, not in the previous TP period.
My understanding is that my TP qualifying periods are:
Year 1: 9th Feb 24 - 8th Feb 25 (membership extends to 31 Mar 25)
’Year’ 2: 1st April 24 - 31st Mar 25 (membership extends to 30 April 25)
Year 3: 1st April 25 to 31st Mar 26 (membership extends to 30 April 26)
Have I correctly interpreted my effective TP qualifying periods?
If so, why does my current GCH membership extend to 31st Mar 26?
If I up my game and earn 1500 TPs between 1Apr 24 and 31 Mar 25, all I seem to get is an extension of Gold status to 30th April 26 - that is, just one month?
My membership year-end has been Feb 8th, giving me extended tier membership to 31st March.
I’ve been gold for 20 years now, but in recent years have tended to requalify every other year (apart from the COVID extension) between 9th Feb and 31st Mar, thus getting my requalification as a GCH for gold for another two years.
I’d already booked my 2024 Feb/Mar requalifying flights before the change was announced. I earned 1500 TPs before 1st April 2024 with (unfortunately) relatively few since.
My (virtual) card says I have Gold status to March 2026.
My question is, how do I requalify for 26-27 and 27-28 using the strategy I’ve used previously?
Flights taken in Mar 26 will no longer qualify for me (nor for anyone else) for the start of a new year, with the 1st April start date for all. Flights taken in April 2026 will give me gold for 26-7 and 27-8 but by April 26 my status will have soft landed to Bronze, having qualified for GCH status two TP periods previously, not in the previous TP period.
My understanding is that my TP qualifying periods are:
Year 1: 9th Feb 24 - 8th Feb 25 (membership extends to 31 Mar 25)
’Year’ 2: 1st April 24 - 31st Mar 25 (membership extends to 30 April 25)
Year 3: 1st April 25 to 31st Mar 26 (membership extends to 30 April 26)
Have I correctly interpreted my effective TP qualifying periods?
If so, why does my current GCH membership extend to 31st Mar 26?
If I up my game and earn 1500 TPs between 1Apr 24 and 31 Mar 25, all I seem to get is an extension of Gold status to 30th April 26 - that is, just one month?
Last edited by chrislondon2; Dec 27, 2024 at 3:18 pm
Dec 27, 2024 | 3:24 pm
#1878
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Krakow
Programs: BAEC Silver, Miles and More(FTL), IHG(Platinum), Accor, HHonors(Diamond), SPG, Hertz Five Star
Posts: 9,315
Your challenge is you had 7 weeks between tp year ending and membership year ending. That will change to 4 weeks
previously, for you, tp would 0 on feb 9th with status valid until end of March
In the future your tp will reset to 0 on April 1st with status valid till end of April
This will be a problem for you at the end of March 26 unless you get 1500 tp in 25/26 TP year then mive back to a 2 year cycle, but with only 1 month to get the TP to not notice you lost gold
In terms of your 2nd question, yes in your situation, getting 1500 tp in your 7 week short year will only give one month extra.
Alas people like you with this front loaded 2 year cycle are most negatively impacted by the change
previously, for you, tp would 0 on feb 9th with status valid until end of March
In the future your tp will reset to 0 on April 1st with status valid till end of April
This will be a problem for you at the end of March 26 unless you get 1500 tp in 25/26 TP year then mive back to a 2 year cycle, but with only 1 month to get the TP to not notice you lost gold
In terms of your 2nd question, yes in your situation, getting 1500 tp in your 7 week short year will only give one month extra.
Alas people like you with this front loaded 2 year cycle are most negatively impacted by the change
Last edited by scottishpoet; Dec 27, 2024 at 3:33 pm
Dec 29, 2024 | 2:36 pm
#1879
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: West Sussex
Programs: BA GGL, Marriott Titanium, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 954
i am aware of the tier point collection year harmonisation but haven't really been paying attention, until now. Pretty frustrated.
GCH for 15+ years. Finally got round to catching up, after a busy work year, to read up on the changes. After hitting gold by Dec 8th, I now have to hit 560TP between now March 2025 to requalify.
My work patterns earn around the calendar year. So 2024 I hit 1500 TP around November in time for the end of year (which is how I can neither confirm or deny I calibrate around company budget reset). With the new BA TP harmonisation rejig, I am now being asked to hit 30% of my annual TP, in a period I would have hit barely 5%.
For the first time I am considering a TP run, I would only be even considering it if I wasn't 2-3 years from GFL.
I am looking at a 2 connections each way transatlantic trip to Cali (DUB - LHR - ORD - SJC or similar) to try to hit at least 440 (possibly 460 if the positioning flights from LHR to DUB are OW). Business class throughout (except the positioning flights Y on an seperate PNR)
But the irony here is due to the start and end point being DUB the itinarary is looking like 2K versus 4500.
Cheers BA, but a Middle finger with love
GCH for 15+ years. Finally got round to catching up, after a busy work year, to read up on the changes. After hitting gold by Dec 8th, I now have to hit 560TP between now March 2025 to requalify.
My work patterns earn around the calendar year. So 2024 I hit 1500 TP around November in time for the end of year (which is how I can neither confirm or deny I calibrate around company budget reset). With the new BA TP harmonisation rejig, I am now being asked to hit 30% of my annual TP, in a period I would have hit barely 5%.
For the first time I am considering a TP run, I would only be even considering it if I wasn't 2-3 years from GFL.
I am looking at a 2 connections each way transatlantic trip to Cali (DUB - LHR - ORD - SJC or similar) to try to hit at least 440 (possibly 460 if the positioning flights from LHR to DUB are OW). Business class throughout (except the positioning flights Y on an seperate PNR)
But the irony here is due to the start and end point being DUB the itinarary is looking like 2K versus 4500.
Cheers BA, but a Middle finger with love
Last edited by BillyBleach; Dec 29, 2024 at 2:47 pm
Dec 29, 2024 | 2:46 pm
#1880
FlyerTalk Posting Legend and Ambassador: The British Airways Club
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Leeds, UK
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, HH Diamond
Posts: 48,293
i am aware of the tier point collection year harmonisation but haven't really been paying attention, until now. Pretty frustrated.
GCH for 15+ years. Finally got round to catching up, after a busy work year, to read up on the changes. After hitting gold by Dec 8th, I now have to hit 560TP between now March 2025 to requalify.
My work patterns earn around the calendar year. So 2024 I hit 1500 TP around November in time for the end of year (which is how I can neither confirm or deny I calibrate around budget reset). With the new BA TP harmonisation rejig, I am now being asked to hit 30% of my TP, in a period I would have hit barely 5%.
For the first time I am considering a TP run. Cheers BA, and I would only be even considering it if I wasn't 2-3 years from GFL.
I am looking at a 2 connection each way transatlantic trip to Cali (DUB - LHR - ORD - SJC or similar) to try to hit at least 440 (possibly 460 if the positioning flights from LHR to DUB are OW).
But the irony here is due to the start and end point being DUB the itinarary is looking like 2K versus 4500.
Cheers BA, but a Middle finger with love
GCH for 15+ years. Finally got round to catching up, after a busy work year, to read up on the changes. After hitting gold by Dec 8th, I now have to hit 560TP between now March 2025 to requalify.
My work patterns earn around the calendar year. So 2024 I hit 1500 TP around November in time for the end of year (which is how I can neither confirm or deny I calibrate around budget reset). With the new BA TP harmonisation rejig, I am now being asked to hit 30% of my TP, in a period I would have hit barely 5%.
For the first time I am considering a TP run. Cheers BA, and I would only be even considering it if I wasn't 2-3 years from GFL.
I am looking at a 2 connection each way transatlantic trip to Cali (DUB - LHR - ORD - SJC or similar) to try to hit at least 440 (possibly 460 if the positioning flights from LHR to DUB are OW).
But the irony here is due to the start and end point being DUB the itinarary is looking like 2K versus 4500.
Cheers BA, but a Middle finger with love
what were your transition points credit?
Dec 29, 2024 | 2:49 pm
#1881
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: UK (currently)
Programs: BA zilch (and many other greater and lesser distinctions)
Posts: 7,372
Recent posts have got me re-thinking my position. Old TP y/e 8 Dec. Currently Silver but little flying in 2024 so will drop to Bronze end Jan 2025. I had assumed, assuming no TPs earned, that my Bronze status would last to end Apr 2026 rather than just 3 months to end Apr 2025. Have I got that wrong?
Dec 29, 2024 | 2:52 pm
#1882
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Posts: 46,109
i am aware of the tier point collection year harmonisation but haven't really been paying attention, until now. Pretty frustrated.
GCH for 15+ years. Finally got round to catching up, after a busy work year, to read up on the changes. After hitting gold by Dec 8th, I now have to hit 560TP between now March 2025 to requalify.
My work patterns earn around the calendar year. So 2024 I hit 1500 TP around November in time for the end of year (which is how I can neither confirm or deny I calibrate around company budget reset). With the new BA TP harmonisation rejig, I am now being asked to hit 30% of my annual TP, in a period I would have hit barely 5%.
GCH for 15+ years. Finally got round to catching up, after a busy work year, to read up on the changes. After hitting gold by Dec 8th, I now have to hit 560TP between now March 2025 to requalify.
My work patterns earn around the calendar year. So 2024 I hit 1500 TP around November in time for the end of year (which is how I can neither confirm or deny I calibrate around company budget reset). With the new BA TP harmonisation rejig, I am now being asked to hit 30% of my annual TP, in a period I would have hit barely 5%.
Not really sure how there is an issue. If you accrue 95% of your TPs in period April to December, then, if you just get exactly 1500 points a year, you would get 1425 anyway by November 2025 leaving only 75TPs to cover
You don't need to do anything between now and March, just get 1500 points between 1st April and when your Gold membership expires at end Jan2026 . Doesn't seem , based on what you described. to be any issue at all to renew Gold without any need to try and waste GBP2000. Worst case, you might have to endure a very brief period of Silver status
Last edited by Dave Noble; Dec 29, 2024 at 3:01 pm
Dec 29, 2024 | 3:03 pm
#1883
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Krakow
Programs: BAEC Silver, Miles and More(FTL), IHG(Platinum), Accor, HHonors(Diamond), SPG, Hertz Five Star
Posts: 9,315
i am aware of the tier point collection year harmonisation but haven't really been paying attention, until now. Pretty frustrated.
GCH for 15+ years. Finally got round to catching up, after a busy work year, to read up on the changes. After hitting gold by Dec 8th, I now have to hit 560TP between now March 2025 to requalify.
My work patterns earn around the calendar year. So 2024 I hit 1500 TP around November in time for the end of year (which is how I can neither confirm or deny I calibrate around company budget reset). With the new BA TP harmonisation rejig, I am now being asked to hit 30% of my annual TP, in a period I would have hit barely 5%.
For the first time I am considering a TP run, I would only be even considering it if I wasn't 2-3 years from GFL.
I am looking at a 2 connections each way transatlantic trip to Cali (DUB - LHR - ORD - SJC or similar) to try to hit at least 440 (possibly 460 if the positioning flights from LHR to DUB are OW). Business class throughout (except the positioning flights Y on an seperate PNR)
But the irony here is due to the start and end point being DUB the itinarary is looking like 2K versus 4500.
Cheers BA, but a Middle finger with love
GCH for 15+ years. Finally got round to catching up, after a busy work year, to read up on the changes. After hitting gold by Dec 8th, I now have to hit 560TP between now March 2025 to requalify.
My work patterns earn around the calendar year. So 2024 I hit 1500 TP around November in time for the end of year (which is how I can neither confirm or deny I calibrate around company budget reset). With the new BA TP harmonisation rejig, I am now being asked to hit 30% of my annual TP, in a period I would have hit barely 5%.
For the first time I am considering a TP run, I would only be even considering it if I wasn't 2-3 years from GFL.
I am looking at a 2 connections each way transatlantic trip to Cali (DUB - LHR - ORD - SJC or similar) to try to hit at least 440 (possibly 460 if the positioning flights from LHR to DUB are OW). Business class throughout (except the positioning flights Y on an seperate PNR)
But the irony here is due to the start and end point being DUB the itinarary is looking like 2K versus 4500.
Cheers BA, but a Middle finger with love
If you fly the same in your short year as you flew in the same months in your final old year you will again get to 1500 tp. If you need 560 tp then that what you flew before april 1st in your final old year. Fly the same flights in the same time period and you will get the same status. You must have flown the 560ntp in that period last year.
I am unclear what the issue is
Last edited by scottishpoet; Dec 29, 2024 at 3:13 pm
Dec 29, 2024 | 3:05 pm
#1884
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Krakow
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Recent posts have got me re-thinking my position. Old TP y/e 8 Dec. Currently Silver but little flying in 2024 so will drop to Bronze end Jan 2025. I had assumed, assuming no TPs earned, that my Bronze status would last to end Apr 2026 rather than just 3 months to end Apr 2025. Have I got that wrong?
You have till march 31 2025 to get to 300 tp and extend your bronze to end of April 2026
Dec 29, 2024 | 3:27 pm
#1885
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: West Sussex
Programs: BA GGL, Marriott Titanium, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 954
you have a full year , april 1 2024 to march 31 2025 to earn the 1500 Tp
If you fly the same in your short year as you flew in the same months in your final old year you will again get to 1500 tp. If you need 560 tp then that what you flew before april 1st in your final old year. Fly the same flights in the same time period and you will get the same status. You must have flown the 560ntp in that period last year.
I am unclear what the issue is
If you fly the same in your short year as you flew in the same months in your final old year you will again get to 1500 tp. If you need 560 tp then that what you flew before april 1st in your final old year. Fly the same flights in the same time period and you will get the same status. You must have flown the 560ntp in that period last year.
I am unclear what the issue is
Business travel is dominanted by short notice travel - hence the pricing.
Why BA would apply a linear earning rate than penalises (I would hazard a safe bet) against many business travellers with travel patterns that are short term by nature? Short sighted by BA IMO (or the Machiavellian side says maybe this is their way of shedding excess GCHs?)
Dec 29, 2024 | 3:38 pm
#1886
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Posts: 46,109
Am I seriously spelling this out to a seasoned forum professional? The assumption that most have the same flying pattern each and every year is naive at the extreme.
Business travel is dominanted by short notice travel - hence the pricing.
Why BA would apply a linear earning rate than penalises (I would hazard a safe bet) against many business travellers with travel patterns that are short term by nature? Short sighted by BA IMO (or the Machiavellian side says maybe this is their way of shedding excess GCHs?)
Business travel is dominanted by short notice travel - hence the pricing.
Why BA would apply a linear earning rate than penalises (I would hazard a safe bet) against many business travellers with travel patterns that are short term by nature? Short sighted by BA IMO (or the Machiavellian side says maybe this is their way of shedding excess GCHs?)
Given that you did renew Gold before 8 December, why even worry about the period between now and 31 March? If you continue to earn 1500TPs in a year, you will maintain gold status - if your patterns change such that you don't complete the earning between 1 April 2025 and 31 Jan 2026, you end up with a brief loss of gold status, but hardly valid to suggest that this change will reduce Gold Card memberships (excluding perhaps those gaming system such as by using the transition period every 2 years to earn 1500 points )
Dec 29, 2024 | 4:03 pm
#1887
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: West Sussex
Programs: BA GGL, Marriott Titanium, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 954
Not really sure how there is an issue. If you accrue 95% of your TPs in period April to December, then, if you just get exactly 1500 points a year, you would get 1425 anyway by November 2025 leaving only 75TPs to cover
You don't need to do anything between now and March, just get 1500 points between 1st April and when your Gold membership expires at end Jan2026 . Doesn't seem , based on what you described. to be any issue at all to renew Gold without any need to try and waste GBP2000. Worst case, you might have to endure a very brief period of Silver status
You don't need to do anything between now and March, just get 1500 points between 1st April and when your Gold membership expires at end Jan2026 . Doesn't seem , based on what you described. to be any issue at all to renew Gold without any need to try and waste GBP2000. Worst case, you might have to endure a very brief period of Silver status
But my BA account is now asking for 560TP between now and March 31st, which is 37% of my annual TP earnings.
Between Dec 8 2023 to Dec 2024 I earned 1780TP - no pattern just as the trips came in.
Requalify for Gold Dec 9th. App say my new collection year is now March 2025 and I have to hit 560TP.
Thanks
Dec 29, 2024 | 4:11 pm
#1888
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: West Sussex
Programs: BA GGL, Marriott Titanium, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 954
You were the one that stated that your travel patterns allowed for about 5% earning between now and end March. You have from 1 April 2025 to 31 Jan 2026 ( 10 months ) to accrue 1500 TPs to avoid the ignominy of dropping to Silver status. If you continue earning at least 1500 TPs in a 12 month period, the worst case is that you could end up at silver status for 2 months.
Given that you did renew Gold before 8 December, why even worry about the period between now and 31 March? If you continue to earn 1500TPs in a year, you will maintain gold status - if your patterns change such that you don't complete the earning between 1 April 2025 and 31 Jan 2026, you end up with a brief loss of gold status, but hardly valid to suggest that this change will reduce Gold Card memberships (excluding perhaps those gaming system such as by using the transition period every 2 years to earn 1500 points )
Given that you did renew Gold before 8 December, why even worry about the period between now and 31 March? If you continue to earn 1500TPs in a year, you will maintain gold status - if your patterns change such that you don't complete the earning between 1 April 2025 and 31 Jan 2026, you end up with a brief loss of gold status, but hardly valid to suggest that this change will reduce Gold Card memberships (excluding perhaps those gaming system such as by using the transition period every 2 years to earn 1500 points )
But right now I have both my BA online and app say i I need 560 TP in 3 months mate.
Dec 29, 2024 | 4:11 pm
#1889
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Krakow
Programs: BAEC Silver, Miles and More(FTL), IHG(Platinum), Accor, HHonors(Diamond), SPG, Hertz Five Star
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If it was that Dave I would be fine.
But my BA account is now asking for 560TP between now and March 31st, which is 37% of my annual TP earnings.
Between Dec 8 2023 to Dec 2024 I earned 1780TP - no pattern just as the trips came in.
Requalify for Gold Dec 9th. App say my new collection year is now March 2025 and I have to hit 560TP.
Thanks
But my BA account is now asking for 560TP between now and March 31st, which is 37% of my annual TP earnings.
Between Dec 8 2023 to Dec 2024 I earned 1780TP - no pattern just as the trips came in.
Requalify for Gold Dec 9th. App say my new collection year is now March 2025 and I have to hit 560TP.
Thanks
you have effectively 1 full year to get the 1500 tp
It seems the main issue you have is you have less travel now than you had the firat few months of last year. If you will make up that flying in the following months, maybe you would be better not trying to renew for what could be just a few months and instead get the 1500tp in the next collection year before your gold expires
Last edited by scottishpoet; Dec 29, 2024 at 4:19 pm
Dec 29, 2024 | 4:14 pm
#1890
Join Date: Sep 2022
Location: Midlands, UK
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 38