British Airways tier points year extension query

[Ianw1057]

Hi,

I just called BA to try to extend my account year to make it to 600 points for Silver.

I was informed that I needed to be within 20 points for them to put this request forward for consideration. I am 90 points short and have a flight worth 90 points in 1 week’s time.

Has anybody else encountered this restriction? Should I try something else?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Ian

[Tocsin]

Never heard of that restriction before! Try calling again and hope for a more helpful/ better trained agent 🙂

[BA Flyer IHG Stayer]

There is no extension of your year end date as that is fixed.

There is a grace period of 14 days for flights that you can ask to be credited to your old year.

But this is a request you make once the flights have posted and not before you’ve even flown them.

Call again after you’ve flown and the points credited.

[Ianw1057]

Thanks for your replies.

Are you saying I should wait until my 22/23 points have been scrubbed, and I have points credited to 23/24, then call and try to get the points credited back to 22/23? Is that how others have accessed the grace period?

[BA Flyer IHG Stayer]

Yes. That is the only way to do it.