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Cost of flights
Just to be exact The cost of flight from GVA_LHR Friday evening 2nd Nov,ruturning Sunday evening 4th Nov, (the times I actually fly),
are 306.5CHF, compared to the the 115 you mention for the Thursday.
However if I were to now to book for the 5th-7th of Oct.. that rises to 1.055.50 CHF... for best economy cheapest ticket.......not worth tier points.??..
Anyway ,I degress my original point was that I dont think the Ba executive IS a loyalty rewards programme
As has been previously mentioned, they are only interested in the Club traveller ( who get lounge access anyway) not the frequent traveller.
are 306.5CHF, compared to the the 115 you mention for the Thursday.
However if I were to now to book for the 5th-7th of Oct.. that rises to 1.055.50 CHF... for best economy cheapest ticket.......not worth tier points.??..
Anyway ,I degress my original point was that I dont think the Ba executive IS a loyalty rewards programme
As has been previously mentioned, they are only interested in the Club traveller ( who get lounge access anyway) not the frequent traveller.
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Contrary view here. I think BA have it about right. I must be lucky, I seem to live in a sweet spot on the scheme. My tier points are lousy, Blue with little hope of Silver, but my Miles are high.
With lots of miles in your account you can upgrade a class quite economically . . . . Club to the Middle East for £800 + 20k miles, that's a steal. I accept that on many routes these upgrades are non existent, again my good fortune.
The algorithms in the booking system are not coherent and throw up weird anomalies all over the place, but sometimes the passenger wins. Last time I bought a miles upgrade, it was cheaper upgrading both legs than upgrading one leg (explain that to me). Make sure you try every permutation.
I think BA rewards both approaches : high spenders get the Tier Points. Low spenders still get the miles (actual miles flown). Both have enough of a benefit to buy some loyalty.
Of course living in the sticks, loyalty is killed by the hell of transiting LHR. Purely because of that, flying direct with Etihad in coach is a better choice than Club with BA. That's what should worry BA. And to rub your nose in it, MAN-LHR connections NEVER seem to earn tier points.
With lots of miles in your account you can upgrade a class quite economically . . . . Club to the Middle East for £800 + 20k miles, that's a steal. I accept that on many routes these upgrades are non existent, again my good fortune.
The algorithms in the booking system are not coherent and throw up weird anomalies all over the place, but sometimes the passenger wins. Last time I bought a miles upgrade, it was cheaper upgrading both legs than upgrading one leg (explain that to me). Make sure you try every permutation.
I think BA rewards both approaches : high spenders get the Tier Points. Low spenders still get the miles (actual miles flown). Both have enough of a benefit to buy some loyalty.
Of course living in the sticks, loyalty is killed by the hell of transiting LHR. Purely because of that, flying direct with Etihad in coach is a better choice than Club with BA. That's what should worry BA. And to rub your nose in it, MAN-LHR connections NEVER seem to earn tier points.
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I think BA rewards both approaches : high spenders get the Tier Points. Low spenders still get the miles (actual miles flown).
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Fair point slimslag. How hard is it to enrol though? I think you'd be very unlucky to avoid a qualifying flight in a year of regular trips. The BA Amex also enrols you.
If you're serious about the scheme, and you want the rewards, you've got to do what it takes to enrol. I don't believe BA make this task especially onerous.
If you're serious about the scheme, and you want the rewards, you've got to do what it takes to enrol. I don't believe BA make this task especially onerous.
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With BA you require at least one fully flexible economy fare to join exec club. To retain silver you must take at least 4 'qualifying flights' per year as well as get 600 tier points.
A'qualifying flight' is decribed as fully flexible economy or higher.
I have in the past been offered a non flxible fare with BA from LHR to Scotland, at just over 400 quid. This would not be a 'qualifying flight'.
The point is that with other airlines e.g. BMI you can earn status and miles on virtually all flights. So if you travel anywhere in the world, but never in club/business/F or fully flex econ, you are much better off using a star alliance scheme/carrier.
If you make 52 BA economy (not fully flexible) flights in one year all over the world, not only will you never qualify to even JOIN BA exec.club, but you will also never get air miles either. That is the key difference between BA exec. club and ALMOST ALL other frequent flyer schemes.
A'qualifying flight' is decribed as fully flexible economy or higher.
I have in the past been offered a non flxible fare with BA from LHR to Scotland, at just over 400 quid. This would not be a 'qualifying flight'.
The point is that with other airlines e.g. BMI you can earn status and miles on virtually all flights. So if you travel anywhere in the world, but never in club/business/F or fully flex econ, you are much better off using a star alliance scheme/carrier.
If you make 52 BA economy (not fully flexible) flights in one year all over the world, not only will you never qualify to even JOIN BA exec.club, but you will also never get air miles either. That is the key difference between BA exec. club and ALMOST ALL other frequent flyer schemes.
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