Reply To: WTP Avios Redemptions as Gold: How often do you get upgraded?

[John]

It’s well known that BA doesn’t upgrade golds. You would be most likely to get upgraded if you fly on flights which are known to be overbooked. BA won’t necessarily overbooked economy with the expectation of pushing people in wtp to cw so that people in wt can be pushed to wtp.

However with the wtp cabin being small, it does probably have the highest chance (though still a small one) of getting an upgrade. Also I believe higher fare classes may be more likely to get upgraded and avios is probably lower on the list.

I never got an upgrade when I was gold for 4 years. Previously got upgraded twice as silver and twice as blue (including on a redemption) – apparently these were “taster” upgrades to see if you will book higher cabins in the future, and you may not get them after your account stops being so new – and it is possible that I was upgraded while golds were not.