Today I’m flying British Airways Club Europe business class on a tier point run to earn the final tier points that I need for Gold Status in the British Airways Executive Club.
I originally planned to fly economy on the outbound flight but received a free upgrade to business class due to my current silver status. We also flew out on a brand new airbus a320neo with BA’s newest seat and configuration.
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Depends on how much I need the tier points … as to whether I would upgrade or not… my recent T5 domestic was rammed with 12 rows of CE.. lounges packed and queuing to get in.. fast track very slow… must be the holidays!!
Personally, I would upgrade for £95 only if I needed the additional 35 tier points. But like you, I’m gold also so lounge access, gold seat blocking, more chance of an upgrade are good enough for me. I went for a 1300+ tier point run at the beginning of my new year and got gold which lasts the remainder of the year plus all of the next. Managed to get JER-SFO/LAX with BA holidays and double TPs for just a shade over £2k
Which Heathrow lounge is the one with the horse and lighting art installation??
WOW, A SEAT? ON A PLANE? What kind of witchcraft is this?
Great video Charles. I did a tier point run yesterday, EDI > LCY and back. Alas it wasn't for Gold just Bronze. I think you are spot on. I have zero benefits being blue and paying for a CE ticket meant I had lounge access in EDI and got fed on the flight. I really enjoyed it. Aiming for silver one day.
Hi There, a great Video and thanks for sharing your thoughts, it's greatly appreciated, what a nice surprise to have the free business class upgrade. Cheers Peter 🙂
I lost my Silver status in March this year, i had it since Jan 2022, when BA were offering great prices from Heathrow.. so i flew 14 times to Tenerife and used the lounges at both ends. In October I'm flying to Tenerife again with BA , but this time I've purchased AA One World Emerald Status for 4 Months, so that gives me First class lounge access plus all the other perks.. maybe a nice upgrade ..👍
My best free upgrade on BA was from Singapore to Sydney on the overnight flight. We had been in premium economy but were upgraded to the new club suites the day before travel. We only had Bronze status.
Unfortunately if the flight is over booked in club Europe sometimes the middle seat is used and it’s pretty rough if that happens ,great free upgrade and lovely video thank you .
Slightly new to all this so would appreciate all your insights on this:
Tier Points – if I'm not mistaken my Tier Points will reset annually. So let's say I do manage to make it to Bronze or Silver, I'll get knocked back down to Blue after 12 months – is my understanding correct?
Lifetime Tier Points – this is just a total of Tier Points I've collected when travelling with BA and partners and has no value besides, if I reach 35,000 lifetime points, I'll be upgraded to Gold for life?
Is my understanding on the above correct?
Thanks!
As I fly from Heathrow quite a lot on long haul I always go to the B Gates but with short haul flights are you allowed to still go to the B Gates lounge so I can know for next time?