Gold for Life - The longest qualifying time?
Feb 16, 2019, 4:30 pm
#1
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Join Date: Jan 2015
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Gold for Life - The longest qualifying time?
Been BAEC since 1993, just cracked 30,000 status.
Mrs. M. says cannot retire until I have the magic 35,000.
Curious as to how long it took folk to get GFL.
Mrs. M. says cannot retire until I have the magic 35,000.
Curious as to how long it took folk to get GFL.
Feb 16, 2019, 6:31 pm
#3
Moderator: British Airways Executive Club
Join Date: Jan 2009
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The first 0 TPs took goodness knows how many years (lots of BA flights, but credited elsewhere).
Once I started crediting to BA, it took 4.5 years to qualify for GfL.
Once I started crediting to BA, it took 4.5 years to qualify for GfL.
Last edited by LTN Phobia; Feb 17, 2019 at 1:39 am
Feb 16, 2019, 11:20 pm
#5
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Norwich, UK
Programs: A3*G, BA Gold, BD Gold (in memoriam), IHG Diamond Ambassador
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When younger I wasn’t a natural BA passenger - living in Norfolk it was much easier to use the KLM model of a regional jet to AMS for a long-haul. I also didn’t travel as far or as often, so my only BA flight was in 1998 to Paris for the World Cup.
Following the decimation of Flying Blue I moved to Star Alliance, then came the BD purchase and a status match to BA Gold in 2012 ... at which point I took my next BA flight just to see what they were like after so many years.
If I continue at my current earning rate, and making the massive assumption it’s still about, I’ll reach LTG somewhere around 2035, so about 37 years ...
I wonder if there’s anyone who’s never been Gold but will achieve Lifetime status? If you’re a solid Silver with around 1000TPs a year, it’s not out of the question.
Following the decimation of Flying Blue I moved to Star Alliance, then came the BD purchase and a status match to BA Gold in 2012 ... at which point I took my next BA flight just to see what they were like after so many years.
If I continue at my current earning rate, and making the massive assumption it’s still about, I’ll reach LTG somewhere around 2035, so about 37 years ...
I wonder if there’s anyone who’s never been Gold but will achieve Lifetime status? If you’re a solid Silver with around 1000TPs a year, it’s not out of the question.
Feb 16, 2019, 11:29 pm
#6
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Join Date: Jun 2008
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Programs: AF/KL Life Plat, BA GGL+GfL, ALL Plat, Hilton Diam, Marriott Gold, blablablah, etc
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As you can imagine, 35 years at 1000TPs/yr would already be a sign of consistently sustained flying. We’ll see a lot of those when GfL has existed long enough if it does, as we’ll see some 60 year silver qualifiers.
On on the other end of the spectrum I wonder who are the fastest qualifiers. I know some people who routinely accrue 12000 TPs/yr but few people started there as frequent flying is usually progressive over one’s first few professional years (then often though not always declining within those professional years and beyond). That said maybe some people who switched to ba late but completely may have qualified in their first 3 or at worst 4 years of flying ba.
On on the other end of the spectrum I wonder who are the fastest qualifiers. I know some people who routinely accrue 12000 TPs/yr but few people started there as frequent flying is usually progressive over one’s first few professional years (then often though not always declining within those professional years and beyond). That said maybe some people who switched to ba late but completely may have qualified in their first 3 or at worst 4 years of flying ba.
Feb 17, 2019, 2:32 am
#7
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Madrid
Programs: BA GfL
Posts: 157
I joined the BAEC in 1991. I had a relatively slow accrual rate until 2001, then it ramped up until 2016 when I retired and got GfL. So in the region of an average of 2,000 Tier points per year, but somewhat higher towards the end as I was GGL for 5 years. Now happily retired and accruing just a few hundred Tier points per year!
Feb 17, 2019, 3:36 am
#9
Moderator: Hyatt Gold Passport & Star Alliance
Join Date: May 1998
Location: London, UK
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I made the mistake of splitting my OW flight across BA/QF/AA in some years when I held high tiers on each. Looking back that was so stupid!
I would be a lot closer to GGL for life if I had resisted the urge of three cards.
I would be a lot closer to GGL for life if I had resisted the urge of three cards.
Feb 17, 2019, 5:52 am
#10
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Feb 17, 2019, 6:45 am
#11
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: England - UK
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Alas when my husband started flying for business neither of us latched on to the benefits of tier points or avios. It was years before the penny dropped and we realized what a mistake we'd made. Hopefully he reaches Gold in about three years from now.
Feb 17, 2019, 7:06 am
#12
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: London, ARN, HEL, ..... or MAN
Programs: BA GGL / GFL, Mucci Diamond!, HH Diamond, Radisson Premium, IHG Gold, Hertz Gold
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When it finally happens in the next couple of months it will have taken me 19 years.
And yes, the fact that it exists has diverted some of my discretionary spend One World's way once I'd reached my 3000 TPs in the last few years to renew GGL.
And yes, the fact that it exists has diverted some of my discretionary spend One World's way once I'd reached my 3000 TPs in the last few years to renew GGL.
Feb 17, 2019, 9:52 am
#14
Join Date: Oct 2015
Programs: BA Gold for Life
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Joined the executive club in early 1996. Although my own fault it still rankles that I did not try to get my first first in late 1995 added to my account. Should hit 35,000 TPs either late this year or early next. When I reach Gfl around 34,500 will have been leisure travel paid for by myself.
Feb 17, 2019, 10:03 am
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