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I am sorry…
I feel that I may have inadvertently contributed to this (I say this in jest):
“The changes we’re making are based on extensive modelling of our customers’ behaviour”.
I gave up on BA and BA Gold several years ago. I let my status drop down all the levels to Blue.
Sometime in 2023, when I (think I) was still Bronze, I did book a shorthaul BA fight
(One-way, Economy ARN-LHR for about £28).
When it came to online check-in I was offered a paid-upgrade to Business Class for about £60.
I decided to go with it for the lounge access at ARN and more comfortable onboard experience.
I guess this might have made a datapoint showing upselling might be more effective to low / no status passengers than those with status. To the extent they got a 100% increase in revenue from me.
What they don’t know of course is that I did not enjoy the flight experience nor much of my time in the lounge…and hence will be unlikely to repeat. Plus they don’t see that I spent my annual flight budget on carriers in StarAlliance instead of OneWorld.
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