BA announced yesterday that it was increasing the Tier Points needed to secure Gold Guest List; a sub-section of Gold Status that I reviewed some weeks ago. The changes occur on 1 January 2015. They are also taking away the option to secure membership in Europe by earning 3,000 Tier Points for each of two…
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BA London City to Amsterdam, Club Europe
I had to be in Amsterdam this weekend and managed to secure a cheap BA upgrade ticket from London City to Amsterdam. The aircraft was waiting when we were called to the gate. There was a separate Fast Track line and eligible passengers were directed to the line as our passports and boarding passes were…
BA colour coding mobile boarding passes by status
I noticed yesterday that BA seems to be colour coding their mobile boarding passes based on status. Neat idea!
New BA web site feature ‘My Frequent Trips’
In quite a canny marketing ploy BA has updated its web site so that when you log in and look at your account, apart from your recent search history you now see your most frequent trips, with prices and dates the are offered display: And yes that is what a return from London City to…
British Airways – London to Amman, Business Class
I had flown this route earlier in the year and not really enjoyed it, so it was with some trepidation I boarded for the 5 hour flight, on board a BA A321 aircraft. I had again selected Row 1, a single seat at the front of the Club World cabin. The video monitor is located…
2015 elite status done…now for some fun?
A review of my frequent flyer accounts and my Hyatt Gold Passport account show that I’m done in terms of qualification for elite status for 2015. At Hyatt I passed the 25 stays needed for Diamond status a little while ago. I suspect that we’ll see changes to their scheme soon which will make it…
Small improvement to BA mobile app
BA has added a small enhancement to their mobile app which – at certain airports -gives you notification as soon as your gate is published. This saves having to watch the screens. Note the screen above says Terminal 5 at Heathrow only, but the iTunes store says Terminals 3 and 5 at Heathrow. Odd.
BA introduces restrictions on sale fares from Dublin
On Saturday I wrote about some excellent Business Class fares from Dublin through to September 2015, and indeed it seems it was to too good to be true. Or it was a mistake. BA have now restricted travel dates on these tickets as follows, for the first international flight. 22NOV 14 – 29NOV 14 OR 19DEC 14 –…
Thinking of buying in the BA sale? Don’t until you’ve read this….
Europe to New York in Club World for £993, San Francisco for £1155 and Honolulu for £1313, this short fare sale is a great way to rack up BA Tier Points. Check out this post before you book the current BA Seat Sale from London. A short hop could save a lot.
So just what is British Airways’ Gold Guest List?
British Airways awards status based on Tier Points and after you 5,000 in a year you become Gold Guest List with a raft of benefits above those of a Gold Member. Read about how to earn this status and what it actually secures, from a newly minted member of the GGL club.
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