Reply To: Unpopular opinion: BA has made a bold move to preserve exclusivity

[John]

Thaliasilje wrote:

I find it hard to believe that this isn’t a thoroughly informed decision by BA, regardless of what the majority here might think. They have access to so much data that this is surely a calculated numbers game albeit with some refinement as the dust settles!

Big companies get things wrong all the time…

Maples wrote:

I always found it weird how people would do tier point runs and all that nonsense just for status rather than gaining it naturally.

vzzbuckz wrote:

I never really understood why people would spend circa £3,500 via TP runs, to get Gold but that’s just me.

So it’s OK for BA to make a decision based on data but it’s weird when individuals do it?

I’ve only really done a TP run one year. I would have spent £2500 on economy non-stop flights that year. Instead I turned most of the flights into routes with 2 stops but in business and the extra £750 or so paid for itself.