Reduced Tier Points for Silver – the four flight requirement

[SteveCroydon]

@Rob @Rhys
I currently have a BA sale First Class return LHR-DFW-DEN-DFW-LHR, all booked in one PNR. This will give me 500 tier points and a Silver Card.
Regarding the four flight requirement the BAEC website says:
“Eligible flights are defined as those flights marketed or operated by British Airways and those flights marketed and operated by Iberia.
‘Marketed’ means the flight will have a BA flight number (in your itinerary or on your ticket).
‘Operated’ means the aircraft that you travel on is a British Airways aircraft (including franchises and BACityflyer).
‘Marketed and operated by Iberia’ means the flight will have an IB flight number and the aircraft you travel on is an Iberia aircraft (including franchises).”
All the flights in my itinerary have BA flight numbers, including the AA flights DFW-DEN-DFW (BA1952 and BA1874).
So, is this sufficient to trigger the four flight requirement for silver? Or is it at all possible that the ever reliable ba.com is wrong and misleading?!?! These flights ARE marketed by BA with BA flight numbers, but … …
Has anyone done this without a fight with BA?

[ChrisC]

These have been the rules for years and years.

You are not going to have to fight BA about this.

BA coded flights are OK.

[SteveCroydon]

Thanks for your speedy reply @ChrisC . I was a Gold Card holder for 15 years and knew all of these quirks and minor rules inside out. I’m a bit out of touch with it all the past 4-5 years.
Looking forward to F on A380 both ways. Also I don’t have to do BA to Berlin next month. LGW and EZ are much more convenient.

[jj]

@SteveCroydon I used exactly the same itinerary to reach Gold earlier in the year after a BA Holidays double points bonus catapulted me up the rankings. One of my transatlantic flights was then rescheduled with AA, so I was left grasping for the same rulebook as you.

But I needn’t have worried. BA’s ever-conpetent IT system gifted me tier points, Avios and eligible flights on a 2-4-1 reward flight booking, so I briefly hit Gold without even having had four eligible flights. Happy days!

[SteveCroydon]

@jj Tier points (and Avios?) from a redemption booking. Congratulations on that! Is there anything that BA’s IT systems can consistently do correctly?!?!

Decades ago a mate and I (both gold cards) booked an LGW-USA trip in Y. Our BA ticketing friend thought the system had under-priced it but he couldn’t override it.
At LGW we both volunteered for offloading due to overbooking, as we knew what BA would offer as cash or vouchers. We got vouchers AND re-booked later that day out of LHR in CW.
Went to LHR, used the lounges and at the gate got upgraded to First due to overbooked CW.
Someone had a heart attack on the flight and we diverted for medical attention. Arrived late for our connecting flight and had a BA hotel and meals overnight and very bad handling by BA.
Complained to LHR CS and were upgraded to CW for the return to LGW.
All this for £300 and we got CW tier points/Avios and vouchers for future flights – Bargain!! You couldn’t have made it up!

[jj]

@SteveCroydon – I hought I got lucky but it was nothing compared with your experience…

I do feel good about the two extra 2-4-1 vouchers that the system lavished on me this year, though, as I need something to help me make good use of those free Avios.

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