Has your British Airways Executive Club status been upgraded or extended today?

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• Ben Kaye says:

  30 Jun30 June 08:21

  So to check, I am gold (have been for many years), tier point year ends Oct 8 and I have 880 tier points. I need to earn 245 tier points by Oct 8, 2021 to extend my status through to Oct 8, 2022?

  • Rhys says:

    30 Jun30 June 08:49

    If your TP year ends in October then your balance will reset this October and you will lose those 880 TPs, so no – you would need 1125 by October 2021

• Mark says:

  30 Jun30 June 08:54

  My (December year end) status year is still unextended. Looks like another example of marketing promising more than IT can deliver. (Not only a BA failing, that one.)

• Ian says:

  30 Jun30 June 09:34

  Yes, my status year end date has now been extended from 31 July 2021 until 2022.

• James says:

  30 Jun30 June 10:12

  My status has been extended until 30 June 2022.
  This worked out well for me as I qualified for Gold back in 18/19. It would have expired in May 2020, except for the new parent status hold that I used last year. This new extension takes it out another year… 3 years for the points of 1. Although… perhaps not that useful given I’m not flying much anymore anyway 🙂

• Wilson says:

  30 Jun30 June 11:43

  Same here it has been extended 2022.

  Other question, I have now two accounts since my company created a new one. Can I merge them and will the one with higher status be the one that is valid? How to do it?

  • Rob says:

    30 Jun30 June 11:46

    BA takes this sort of thing very seriously and there is a risk that they close both. If you can avoid letting them know (and that means keeping your passport data and card data out of one the accounts, and using different email addresses) it’s easier. Otherwise approach them, explain honestly and hope for the best.

    • Wilson says:

      30 Jun30 June 13:02

      Thank you both…. will do as you say.

      Just had seen the follwoing and thoughts it’s not that a big deal.

      QUOTE//Combining (or merging) duplicate Executive Club accounts
      Answer Id 1051 Updated 20/04/2017 05.37 PM (BST)
      Question
      I seem have two Executive Club accounts – can I merge them into one?
      Answer
      If you’ve got two Executive Club accounts in your name it’s easy for us to merge them into one – the Avios from one account will be transferred across to the other, and then the empty account will be closed. The remaining account number will then be your permanent membership number to use in the future.

      To merge two accounts into one, please contact your nearest Executive Club Service Centre.

      Please note: You can only merge two accounts if they are both in the same name. If members of the same family wish to ‘merge’ their accounts, they should consider opening a Household Account//UNQUOTE

      • AJA says:

        30 Jun30 June 13:08

        @Wilson, That is interesting, Was that in the Q&A for BAEC? If so then do as they say and call BAEC to merge the two.

  • AJA says:

    30 Jun30 June 12:33

    How long have you had the second account? You can terminate your membership by sending a letter to BAEC and cutting up a physical card in half but by doing so you lose any Avios and lifetime TP accrued.. Also if you have a BA Amex card which earns Avios credited to that account you may have that account suspended as well You cannot merge two accounts into one. I would stop using the newer account immediately.

  • AJA says:

    30 Jun30 June 12:35

    3.5. Applicants accepted as Members will be given a Membership Number and may be provided with a Card. A Member may not have multiple Memberships. Each Member must maintain only one account. If a Member violates this rule, all Memberships (other than the first Membership approved by British Airways) will be cancelled, as will any Avios points contained in the cancelled accounts.

• onlysuites says:

  30 Jun30 June 11:52

  Mine is saying Silver achieved but still reflecting Gold.

• fivebobbill says:

  30 Jun30 June 12:30

  Rob/Anyone please.
  The wife and I are both BA Blue, always have been, both our accounts year end is Oct 2020, we currently have Zero tier points, with a new counter target of 225 points for Bronze.
  We are looking at doing Singapore in Qatar Business from Stockholm in February which I think gives us 560 tier points each.
  We will have done the 2 qualifying BA flights by then, so does this mean we will become Silver?
  And if so, until when?
  Sorry if a stupid question, I only ask as we would only do the Qatar flights if the Silver works in our favour.

  • Alan says:

    30 Jun30 June 12:39

    You actually need 4 BA flights for Silver, 2 for Bronze,

    But assuming you can get the 4, then yes, and until November 30th 2022, as you will have ( should have) just been extended until Nov 2021 at Blue ( upgrade is rest of current year plus one year, normal rules).

    • fivebobbill says:

      30 Jun30 June 12:45

      Thanks for this Alan, yes sorry 4 flights.
      We are flying with BA Belfast – Heathrow – Dubai before the end of the year, all on one booking reference, but 4 flights obviously. Can I assume this fulfils the 4 flights requirement?

      • fivebobbill says:

        30 Jun30 June 12:45

        Return of course …

      • AJA says:

        30 Jun30 June 12:54

        The 4 flights Belfast to Dubai via LHR would have to be paid for ie not reward flights and would have to be in your new TP earning year ie after 9 Oct 2020. If so they will give you the four qualifying flights and the Qatar flights will give you the 560 TP which will be way over the requirement for Silver which is now 450TP. You could, depending on how many TP you earn on your Dubai trip be close to Silver on that trip alone. Then the Singapore flights might take you close to Gold which is 1,125 TP!

        • fivebobbill says:

          30 Jun30 June 13:01

          Thanks AJA, unfortunately the Dubai trip is in Y (package), but BA metal and paid for.

        • AJA says:

          30 Jun30 June 13:23

          @fivebobbill, you will earn TP on the Dubai trip even in economy. If you log in to BAEC and go into MMB for the trip you should see what TP and Avios you will earn (provided you’ve entered your BAEC number into the booking). Economy lowest (Q,O,G class) will earn you 20TP and 851 Avios each way between LHR and DXB and 5TP and 125 Avios each way between BHD and LHR. So that return trip will net you 50TP and 1952 Avios meaning you only need to earn another 400TP to get Silver. The 4 flights to will count as Qualifying flights

        • fivebobbill says:

          30 Jun30 June 14:07

          75 TP and 3131 Avios each, so work that one out!

        • AJA says:

          30 Jun30 June 15:03

          @ fivebobbill I suspect that one of your flights between LHR and BHD is actually operated by Aer Lingus.
          Avios TP Flight Airline
          500 20 BHD-LHR BA
          851 20 LHR-DXB BA
          1702 35 DXB-LHR BA
          78 0 LHR-BHD Aer Lingus
          3131 75 Total

        • fivebobbill says:

          30 Jun30 June 15:42

          You see I could NEVER have worked that one out!!
          One more flight required then 🙁

        • AJA says:

          30 Jun30 June 16:13

          Not necessarily, as long as the Aer Lingus operated flight has a BA flight number it will count as an eligible flight.

          An eligible flight is any of the following:
          BA operated + BA flight prefix
          BA operated + other flight prefix
          Other carrier operated + BA flight prefix
          IB operated + IB flight prefix

        • fivebobbill says:

          30 Jun30 June 16:26

          you’re right AAJA, just checked and BOTH BHD-LHR legs are operated by Aer Lingus, Heathrow T2.
          However only one of them has an EI flight number, the other BA.
          Which is a bit of a bollox actually meaning I will indeed need another BA flight for Silver 🙁
          Also explains the odd Tier Points…

        • AJA says:

          30 Jun30 June 16:42

          That is a pain as you definitely will be one flight short of the required 4. But even more of a pain is that you will also have to transfer between T2 and T5 in both directions. I’m also not sure about checked baggage going through as well. You may have to collect bags at LHR and recheck them in.

        • fivebobbill says:

          30 Jun30 June 17:20

          Done it many times AJA, bags will indeed check through if you’e on one booking ref. but you’re right about the hassle, security etc is a real pain! Have a bit of changeover time on the outward journey though, so I think Plaza Premium will have to get a visit for some chill time…
          Am sure I’ll squeeze another BA flight in somewhere.
          Thanks again for all the info.

  • Rob says:

    30 Jun30 June 12:47

    You need 4 qualifying BA flights. Silver would run to November 2022.

    • fivebobbill says:

      30 Jun30 June 12:50

      Does my above scenario count as 4 qualifying flights Rob, BA Belfast – LHR – Dubai return – paid for?

      • Alan says:

        30 Jun30 June 13:11

        Yes, my 4 flights this TP year were on one trip, MAN to LAS via LHR return, class does not matter.

• Kevin M says:

  30 Jun30 June 14:59

  I’m sat on 1495 points., (don’t ask why I didn’t get the extra 5 needed for Gold).
  My account: TP Expiry Date 8th July 2020, Card Expiry Date 31 August 2021. (extended). I have more than 4 flights over the past year. I am however still showing as Silver today, any idea why I have not moved up as I am way past the new Gold requirement?

  • Kevin M says:

    30 Jun30 June 15:05

    UPDATE: BAEC Account Page & BA App still showing Silver but the ‘Progress To Next Tier” says that I have achieved Gold!

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