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Old Feb 5, 2024, 2:21 am
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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.




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Old Feb 28, 2025 | 1:20 pm
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I've tried my best to search this thread with "extension" and filtered through as I'm certain this has been resolved -

But, does anyone know whether they will be continuing the 2 week extension for Tier Points? Planning a Stateside trip that will keep me silver if they do on April 10th, but have a marginally better price elsewhere if that extension isn't in place otherwise.
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Originally Posted by JackTheWoat
I've tried my best to search this thread with "extension" and filtered through as I'm certain this has been resolved -

But, does anyone know whether they will be continuing the 2 week extension for Tier Points? Planning a Stateside trip that will keep me silver if they do on April 10th, but have a marginally better price elsewhere if that extension isn't in place otherwise.
If your plan to requalify on the basis of the existing distance-based system, your problem may be not that BAEC won't grant an extension but that the new TPs you'll earn won't be enough. Don't forget that starting April 1st we'll be earning TPs on the basis of spend. BA amy grant an extension to collect additional TPs but I doubt they will agree to award TPs per the existing system for additional 2 weeks.
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Having read the info at the top of this thread, I thought I knew where I stood. But my BA account page shows slightly differently

Through most of 2024 I was Silver with a collection year ending 8 August. I squeezed in above 1500 just before 8 August and moved to Gold. I was expecting this Gold to be valid through 30 September 2025, but my account/digital card says through April 2026.

I had 500 points from April 2024 to 8 August applied to the new membership year, and have earned 880 more since 8 August to be sitting on 1380 tier points in the current year ending 31 March. Obviously if I get another 120 points by end of March I have Gold until April 2026, but Im wondering if I actually need that since my card already says it expires April 2026. Is that expiration date incorrect and will get moved forward to September 2025 if I dont hit 1500 again before the end of March, in which case I will go for the extra points, or have I already somehow got Gold though April 2026 already, in which case I wont bother chasing the last 120 points which wouldnt give me anything I dont already have and will be reset to zero anyway.

Anyone else see or enquire about anything like this? Thanks to anyone here who has some certainly about all this.
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Originally Posted by Schultzois
Having read the info at the top of this thread, I thought I knew where I stood. But my BA account page shows slightly differently

Through most of 2024 I was Silver with a collection year ending 8 August. I squeezed in above 1500 just before 8 August and moved to Gold. I was expecting this Gold to be valid through 30 September 2025, but my account/digital card says through April 2026.

I had 500 points from April 2024 to 8 August applied to the new membership year, and have earned 880 more since 8 August to be sitting on 1380 tier points in the current year ending 31 March. Obviously if I get another 120 points by end of March I have Gold until April 2026, but Im wondering if I actually need that since my card already says it expires April 2026. Is that expiration date incorrect and will get moved forward to September 2025 if I dont hit 1500 again before the end of March, in which case I will go for the extra points, or have I already somehow got Gold though April 2026 already, in which case I wont bother chasing the last 120 points which wouldnt give me anything I dont already have and will be reset to zero anyway.

Anyone else see or enquire about anything like this? Thanks to anyone here who has some certainly about all this.
It sounds like your "silver" card will expire end of April 26 whereas your gold will expire end of Sep 25

Please post
total TPs earned 9/8/23 to 31/3/24
Total TPs earned 1/4/24 to 8/8/24
Total TPs earned 9/8/24 to today. Include the bonus TPs you will have got either around 20/8/24 or 20/9/24 and make clear if these are included or not in your total for that period

And someone will be able to advise


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Originally Posted by nigelw
It sounds like your "silver" card will expire end of April 26 whereas your gold will expire end of Sep 25

Please post
total TPs earned 9/8/23 to 31/3/24
Total TPs earned 1/4/24 to 8/8/24
Total TPs earned 9/8/24 to today. Include the bonus TPs you will have got either around 20/8/24 or 20/9/24 and make clear if these are included or not in your total for that period

And someone will be able to advise
Well, the digital card in my BA App, which is Gold, says Valid until 30 April 2026 (this is what I would have expected to say 30 September 2025 but it doesnt).

To answer your question:
total TPs earned 9/8/23 to 31/3/24 - 1,010
Total TPs earned 1/4/24 to 8/8/24 - 500
Total TPs earned 9/8/24 to today. - 1,380, 880 earned in that period, plus the additional 500 posted 21 August

Like I said, Id have expected that the 1510 moving me up from Silver to Gold on 8 August 2024 would have caused me to hold Gold until 30 September 2025, so I cant work out why my digital Gold card says valid until 30 April 2026. Thinking its either a glitch they will correct after 1 April if i dont hit 1,500 in the current period, or just their system not handling it right and giving me Gold for longer than I should have it obviously the safer is if I just squeeze i another 120 between now and the end of the month, but trying to figure out if its necessary or not.
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Originally Posted by Schultzois
Having read the info at the top of this thread, I thought I knew where I stood. But my BA account page shows slightly differently

Through most of 2024 I was Silver with a collection year ending 8 August. I squeezed in above 1500 just before 8 August and moved to Gold. I was expecting this Gold to be valid through 30 September 2025, but my account/digital card says through April 2026.

I had 500 points from April 2024 to 8 August applied to the new membership year, and have earned 880 more since 8 August to be sitting on 1380 tier points in the current year ending 31 March. Obviously if I get another 120 points by end of March I have Gold until April 2026, but Im wondering if I actually need that since my card already says it expires April 2026. Is that expiration date incorrect and will get moved forward to September 2025 if I dont hit 1500 again before the end of March, in which case I will go for the extra points, or have I already somehow got Gold though April 2026 already, in which case I wont bother chasing the last 120 points which wouldnt give me anything I dont already have and will be reset to zero anyway.

Anyone else see or enquire about anything like this? Thanks to anyone here who has some certainly about all this.
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I assume that your status initially showed a Gold expiry date of 30 September 2025. At some point of time that expiry date was moved to 30 April 2026. Do you know when?


It could be that you made a mistake in your calculation. But it is doubtful if you added all the miles between 1 April 2014 and 31 March 2025.

It could be that BA shows some generosity, not to further aggravate members who would miss the 1,500 threshold by a few TP. I can foresee argument like "I usually do my big US business trip early April, but in 2024 I did it late March, that's unfair". Unless BA is stupid, it is time to show some generosity in the transition. If by 1 March 2025 (or earlier) you had already accumulated 1,380 TPs (transition calculation) in the past 11 months with a month to go, it would be a smart move to immediately grant Gold till 30 April 2026. Come 1 April 2025 and there will be a huge amount of complaints to be handled by BA for miscalculations. Better be generous now.
That's just my view, but I already know two other cases where BA has shown generosity. Maybe it depends on where you are based as the move to BAC penalizes non UK/US members compared to BAEC.

I would assume that if you save your new Gold card with expiry 30 April 2026, it would be hard for BA to argue that it was a mistake and change the date.
Make sure that there is a time stamp like today or whenever you noticed the change.

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Originally Posted by brunos
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I assume that your status initially showed a Gold expiry date of 30 September 2025. At some point of time that expiry date was moved to 30 April 2026. Do you know when?
Thanks for all the input.

I didnt notice if it first said 30 September 2025 or always said 30 April 2026. I just noticed at some point the 30 April 2026 and thought Thats strange why have I been planning so hard to hit 1500 by 31 Marchl 2025, if theyve already awarded Gold until 30 April 2026?

Ive saved a copy of the card as shown on BA.com with the same interface where you can order the physical one, the bag tags, etc. Ive also saved the version in my BA App on my iPhone. So I wont go overboard trying to hit 1,500 in the next 3 1/2 weeks. If it happens, fine, and if not, I have documentation supporting a validity through 30 April 2026
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Originally Posted by Schultzois
Well, the digital card in my BA App, which is Gold, says Valid until 30 April 2026 (this is what I would have expected to say 30 September 2025 but it doesnt).

To answer your question:
total TPs earned 9/8/23 to 31/3/24 - 1,010
Total TPs earned 1/4/24 to 8/8/24 - 500
Total TPs earned 9/8/24 to today. - 1,380, 880 earned in that period, plus the additional 500 posted 21 August

Like I said, Id have expected that the 1510 moving me up from Silver to Gold on 8 August 2024 would have caused me to hold Gold until 30 September 2025, so I cant work out why my digital Gold card says valid until 30 April 2026. Thinking its either a glitch they will correct after 1 April if i dont hit 1,500 in the current period, or just their system not handling it right and giving me Gold for longer than I should have it obviously the safer is if I just squeeze i another 120 between now and the end of the month, but trying to figure out if its necessary or not.
I was typing my previous response (while doing other things) and did not read your response.
When you got upgraded to Gold, sometimes before 8 August 2024, your Expiry date should have read 30 September 2025. Do you know when the expiry date changed to 30 April 2026?
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Slightly off topic - does anyone know the impact of the new tier point system based on eligible spend on part pay with Avios? Will eligible spend be the amount before or after the reduction with Avios?
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Slightly off topic - does anyone know the impact of the new tier point system based on eligible spend on part pay with Avios? Will eligible spend be the amount before or after the reduction with Avios?
Before. So effectively there is a way of turning Avios into Tier Points, as there is now.
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Originally Posted by brunos
I was typing my previous response (while doing other things) and did not read your response.
When you got upgraded to Gold, sometimes before 8 August 2024, your Expiry date should have read 30 September 2025. Do you know when the expiry date changed to 30 April 2026?
Well, my upgrade actually occurred, I think, on 9 or 10 August (I got the email on the 10th it seems) owing to the qualifying flight being flown 6 August but credited only 9 August. So I had 1470 credited as of 8 August, which reset to 0. Then 40 credited after 8 August for the 6 August flight. Which I think was obviously reset and not counted in the new year totals. The email itself doesnt mention the validity date for the Gold status, but does refer to the change in membership years.

Unfortunately I didnt notice what the validity date was at that time in my account, only more recently.

For what its worth, even though the card and dashboard page shows April 2026, the dashboard still shows me at 1380/1500 for requalifying so it is a little ambiguous to say the least. Hence my coming here to see if anyone else knows more or has seen anything similar in their accounts.
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if your card says April 2026 then you have status till April 2026.
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Originally Posted by Schultzois
Well, the digital card in my BA App, which is Gold, says “Valid until 30 April 2026” (this is what I would have expected to say “30 September 2025” but it doesn’t).

To answer your question:
total TPs earned 9/8/23 to 31/3/24 - 1,010
Total TPs earned 1/4/24 to 8/8/24 - 500
Total TPs earned 9/8/24 to today. - 1,380, 880 earned in that period, plus the additional 500 posted 21 August

Like I said, I’d have expected that the 1510 moving me up from Silver to Gold on 8 August 2024 would have caused me to hold Gold until 30 September 2025, so I can’t work out why my digital Gold card says valid until 30 April 2026. Thinking it’s either a glitch they will correct after 1 April if i don’t hit 1,500 in the current period, or just their system not handling it right and giving me Gold for longer than I should have it… obviously the safer is if I just squeeze i another 120 between now and the end of the month, but trying to figure out if it’s “necessary” or not.
Thanks

Does it say "you have retained gold" on your dashboard

And does it show differently in the app v website
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Does it say "you have retained gold" on your dashboard

And does it show differently in the app v website
Tried uploading some screenshots here. First is from the website saying I need 120 more to retain Gold but also seeming to show current validity through April 2026, which is the same period I would be retaining for. Second is the digital card in the BA App on my phone. Third is what I get when I ask to download my membership card on BA.com.
Seems pretty clear they are telling me my Gold Card is valid though April 2026, which is not what I expected, but also they are showing a shortfall of 120 TPs to retain what they are also telling me I already have. Confusing to say the least. I thought about ringing up BAEC Gold line but its out of hours at my contact number now in the US, and Im in Dubai so if I have been having trouble getting to hours to work for calling my parents Im not sure I will jump around to call BAEC! Sounds like even if there is some mistake somewhere, I should have enough here to keep Gold until when they tell me Ive got it to



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Originally Posted by Schultzois
Tried uploading some screenshots here. First is from the website saying I need 120 more to retain Gold but also seeming to show current validity through April 2026, which is the same period I would be retaining for. Second is the digital card in the BA App on my phone. Third is what I get when I ask to download my membership card on BA.com.
Seems pretty clear they are telling me my Gold Card is valid though April 2026, which is not what I expected, but also they are showing a shortfall of 120 TPs to retain what they are also telling me I already have. Confusing to say the least. I thought about ringing up BAEC Gold line but its out of hours at my contact number now in the US, and Im in Dubai so if I have been having trouble getting to hours to work for calling my parents Im not sure I will jump around to call BAEC! Sounds like even if there is some mistake somewhere, I should have enough here to keep Gold until when they tell me Ive got it to


Thanks

Were you ever gifted silver or gold or has it all been earned normally?
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