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In this video I’m answering the questions that you asked on my other British Airways Status videos. If you watched my other BA Status Videos then this video might just fill in a few blanks and answer a burning question that you may have.
0:00 Introduction
0:43 Tier Points with Cash and Avios
2:23 Can I Book Two Tickets and Get Double Tier Points?
3:10 Qatar and BA Accounts Are Linked, Tier Points in Both?
4:14 Do I Have to Book with BA to Get Tier Points?
5:56 A Thank You to Everyone
¬6:59 Should I Get Status?
8:16 Do I Have to Requalify Every Year?
10:17 What Does Gold Even Get You?
14:33 How to Book USA Tier Point Runs
16:34 New Avios Earning Rates
17:46 BA Double Tier Points Offer Changes
Promised Links
BA Benefits: https://www.britishairways.com/en-gb/executive-club/tiers-and-benefits
BA Holiday’s T&Cs: https://www.britishairways.com/en-gb/executive-club/offers/holidays-double-tier-points#TnC
Matt’s Planet
Tier Point Run: https://youtu.be/QnQbxKKUXSY?si=gl4OtN3XEN272BgW
ITA Matrix: https://youtu.be/GS-N8GovvHA?si=cNiaGv9SRPQCFixx
Thank you for watching and joining me on My Grey Gap Year
Phil
12 Comments
Great video! I've never tried to earn Avios before this and it seems like lot of to do.
Hi great video…..first things first I am an very (nervous) flyer…..that said I had the very good fortune of travelling round the world 7 times in the past as well as multiple business trips/commutes to Western Europe so for a number of years I was Air France Gold and BA Silver. Query I have is I distinctly recall the “grade” of flight you got had an impact on number of miles and tier points (not dissimilar to paying peak or off peak fares on a train). Is this still the case ?
I did a west coast TP run in August. MAN LHR LAX LAS and back. Great fun.
You should join Matts group and come with us all to Prague in December.
Great video. Looking forward to that Avios video. Keep up the good work.
I've subscribed from 3 of my YouTube accounts. I've actually just done a DUB-LHR-JFK-SNA trip and will probably make a video on this channel about it soon (though actually travelling tomorrow – first economy trip on BA Silver Status). There's actually quite a few good fares around for ex-EU in February and I doing one then that is VCE-LHR-BOS-LAX. Never been to Venice so taking that option. 1900 euros which is about £1600. If I didn't need specific dates for a conference I was going to could see some from £1350 up, strangely mostly from Barcelona. Every time I've looked at the 80 point euro routes they haven't been that cheap but I guess that's where 6 months is probably needed.
Excellent and informative video, thank you so much. I am following you and also Matt's World already to guide me on my way to One World status 😉
Recently i spent a great deal of time thinking whether to go for the discounted gold status with cathay. I found CX silver status already worth it (business check in counter, lounge access, etc), but decided to go for the gold anyway. I fly about 4 times per year and can’t wait to see whether it was worth it. My wish list is lots of free upgrades on the HK to London route, which is always very busy. Fingers crossed
Hi Phil would love some more on the mechanics of a Gold Tier run probably an East one using Qatar. Your spreadsheet examples in a previous video I found most useful but I need more confidence before pressing that “book” button. Best of luck in meeting the monetised target, you deserve it.
Gold's only worth it if you're always using airports with an F lounge – LHR/SYD/HKG/MEL/LAX/JFK. The soft landing to Silver is an added benefit.
What I can say is that I got much more attention from the CC when I had Gold, though that's just two data points – let's see what happens next week.
The CX J lounge at T3 isn't bad at all.
I just finished a 5 night BA Holidays trip to Tirana. That's 80+80, times two – thus 320 TPs with the bonus, and cost £650. About £2 per TP. It may have been cheaper taking a car, but there's no way I'd attempt to drive there. The low cost of living there makes doing four of these trips to (almost) get Gold look plausible.
Very informative video and a good question regarding cash vs avios for TP.
I don't suppose you know if BA/Oneworld status gives you anything with Aer Lingus? I've looked but can't find anything unless I've missed it? Such a shame BA doesn't fly from Birmingham and all other oneworld options are limited in terms of destinations.
The Gold phone line is another valuable benefit. At least that get answered fairly quickly and it’s a UK call centre.
Thanks Phil. Can I just clarify that on a MAN-LHR-ATH-LHR-MAN; you would get double tier points on each segment, if a 5 night hotel stay was included?