Per annum (every year)

I hope this is correct as I cannot see references to GGLfL in the FAQ's.

I do think that GfL will become more valuable and for those of us that have it and no longer chase GGL it may overall be a win. There will be far fewer people using GF, TFW and FCI at LHR. Equally LGW GF will be quieter as will outstation first CIs and lounges. I recall well the days when being a GCH was a passport to great service and recognition but the sheer number of us over the last decade or so has really watered down the attention available.

under the "Lifetime Tier Points" section.

as you get a credit based on the % of lifetime points, if you already have 100%+ lifetime points, your new lifetime balance after 1 april will be abover 100%. i don't see how it can be anything other

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Per annum (each year). It was just a fag packet calculation of �1.5M spread over 20 years.

I'm not sure if they'd have tested these ideas that explicitly with focus groups or customer groups. If they showed their hand too soon, you may have had people game it. It's possible they have quietly tested a range of possibilities with a small group of people that have signed NDAs (so don't expect anyone to come here to say the idea was tested with them).

I think many people anticipated BA was moving to a revenue based model. The writing was on the wall - given they had not announced anything regarding the BA Holidays Double Tier Points promotion, which ends in June. This leads me to believe the decision was made a long time ago (perhaps at the same time as when they aligned everyone's tier point years).

I also think forums like ours represent a small subset of the total user base. Most of my friends and family know almost nothing about tier points so this won't make a difference to them. But enthusiasts like us also likely represent a percentage (even if single digits) of their revenues, and given how quickly airlines can find themselves heading into the red due to changes outside their control, BA should thread likely when pissing off that user segment.

At the end of the day, I can see the appeal for BA to switch to a revenue based loyalty model - it was probably the right thing to do. Where I'm really dubious is how they've priced it. It should be hard but not so hard that people won't bother trying. Setting the thresholds at half of what they went for would probably have worked best �10,000 is probably still really hard, BUT it then offers them the flexibility of using promotions to get people to push for status. I fear what they've done is remove that incentive entirely for customers so now they'll have to work harder for every ticket they sell, which will harm their bottom line.

I feel an easier solution would have been just to increase the points required for each tier, rather than dropping this out of blue on many of BA�s most loyal customers.

I am fortunate enough to be able to renew gold under the new system, however currently once I have earned my GUF2 I will fly KLM to break up the BA flying a bit. I need to ask myself realistically if I can justify the spend as someone who books flight only usually J or F.

Perhaps a huge blessing in disguise
Above 60k lifetime TP and with annual spending on 80-120k on flights, I now feel less obliged to fill the gap to GGLfl, can�t conceive not enjoying other F experiences and rushing to spend another 600k on BA before I become too old to fly
And after all I can be in the CCR every time I fly F, which is pretty much everytime I pass trough LHR, and should I feel upset because no-one is picking me up in a car like a GGLfl I�ll fly LH or AF and feel important whenever I need attention

What alternative FF schemes are people thinking of moving to? Obviously other IAG schemes will follow suit, but is AS or QR any good? Presumably there will be "own metal" requirements that render these options impractical for most.

I am now rather inclined to book the flights necessary to retain my SAS EBG status match for another year... Who knows, I may like it enough to stick with them.

The BAEC has been the most successful program going for encouraging me to send my business Oneworlds way instead of competitors. Not only that, but encouraging me to give them extra business when I didn�t even need to.

Now that will evaporate on the spot and is a big gap for someone else to take that away from BA.

I see how this is worth it for them personally, who cares about status when spending the levels they are talking about? There is a lot of DYKWIA who will be particularly ****ed about losing their �status�.

On the surface it�s sad/annoying. In reality it will end up being a healthy life benefit not caring about this stuff any more, spending and flying less.

Can definitely see this will hurt a lot of people. But having predicted for a couple of years it was coming, it doesn't surprise me BA has gone this route. I'm just most surprised at the cash spend requirement. Seems nuts considering how dreadful UK salaries are. But I'm sure BA's done its sums. As bad as they are at many elements, I'm confident their rev team knows what it's doing. I'm sure AA's had some input here. Probably sick of their lounges full of silvers and golds earned on hardly anything.

Not the foggiest what my actual spend has been in the past couple of years, but I'd hazard a guess I'm at enough to get Silver.

I have been grappling with the idea of getting out for a while as I have felt a sort of pressure to keep chasing status and keep things on OW when other airlines sometimes offer much better prices. I've already got a QR trip booked in that gets me Gold until 2026 and wife Silver, so we can enjoy that and the Silver soft landing will tie us over until we decide best way forward.

This honestly may be the kick I need to stop spending expendable income on long-haul flying and just focus on booking what works for us.

I've got a GUF (deadline to use May) and a big pot of avios we can use for a big trip. Either SA or India. Based on the numbers above, I dread to think how much will need to be earned for a GUF in the future. It won't be worth it at that spend.

Also hilarious that bronze will be attainable without ever setting foot on a BA or OW plane.

Definitely not CX. I've been CX DM for years before switching to BA. Points on non-CX carriers are much lower and CX fares are way higher in general than EU ones.

Mrs drpabs is very probably going to have to go on a business trip in February to Sydney and was considering booking it as a BA Holiday. Am I right in thinking if she were to do this then she would receive double TPs under the current system, or should I tell her not to bother booking it as a BA Holiday? (I think she would quite like the nudge it would give her towards GfL ahead of the ghastly new system).