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Maybe they will, maybe they won’t, but you’d like to think they wouldn’t simply pull the plug overnight. Any scheme worth it’s salt would surely give you some sort of notice and let you see your current year out.
Maybe they will, maybe they won’t, but you’d like to think they wouldn’t simply pull the plug overnight. Any scheme worth it’s salt would surely give you some sort of notice and let you see your current year out.
Read the RJ terms! They could add a minimum number of segments specifically on RJ overnight. That would change things rather a lot.
Calm down JDB, nobody’s arguing with you. We are all aware that these reward schemes change all the time, and sometimes at very short notice (think Radisson). But surely that’s the game you play when you sign up isn’t it.
You pays your money and you takes your chance.
But the rewards can be fabulous!Flew two sectors last Sunday but they haven’t credited to RJ as of yet.. Worth an email or should i just wait a little longer?
I wouldn’t panic, sure it takes 72hrs even for a BA leg to credit to your Executive Club account when you fly BA!
Calm down JDB, nobody’s arguing with you. We are all aware that these reward schemes change all the time, and sometimes at very short notice (think Radisson). But surely that’s the game you play when you sign up isn’t it.
You pays your money and you takes your chance.
But the rewards can be fabulous!I’m always calm, but I would suggest reading the RJ Royal Club terms. They are fairly eye popping, particularly the amount of latitude they give themselves to change almost anything without notice. You are of course correct that one takes risks with any scheme but the terms of European and US FF schemes are very different to these.
What @JDB has said, highlights what could happen without notice with RJ and is helpful when making a decision as to where to credit. However with BA’s recent announcement and IB only having to give one month’s notice, although their announcement looks like it will be 12 February, I think we have all had our eyes opened. The more information we have will help us make a decision that is right for us as individuals. What I choose might be different from my OH.
That did strike me when I read in the HFP article about crediting 46 sectors to RJ – I wonder how long that would last in practice?!
Platinum Hawk does have some intriguing benefits though, such as the guarantee to boot some hapless economy pax off a full flight if your want their seat, lol.
And it sounds very cool, like a Marvel superhero or something!Indeed @NorthernLass – the Platinum Hawk 🦅 certainly feels a big step up from being a lowly golden sparrow 🐥!
Hi, sorry but I realise that this is a proper newbie question.
I have just booked flights on QR but added my RJ frequent flyer details. Should I be able to see the flights in my RJ account and, if so, how long should they take to show?
I’ve never done a cross-oneworld booking before (as I have never had any type of status before) so just a little confused.Thanks
Indeed @NorthernLass – the Platinum Hawk 🦅 certainly feels a big step up from being a lowly golden sparrow 🐥!
Wait until a real life hawk displaces you on a regional flight! Happened to a colleague offloaded by Gulf Air in favour of an important pax deciding to bring his hawk at the last minute. Their aircraft AUH-LHR sometimes used to divert to pick up some important person. GF was a lot better than BA, but unscheduled stops were a well known hazard.
Resurfacing this thread, as it’s now been a few months and I am curious to hear about real-life experiences from people who status matched with RJ. With my chances of requalifying for BA Silver slim to none, I am looking around for options for 2026 (when my status expires).
1. What are people’s experience with RJ OW Sapphire? In particular when leveraging on BA.
2. Are flights/segments posting seamlessly to the RJ account ?
3. Are RJ points effectively useless/unusable (I may be OK with that, most Avios come from other sources these days).
4. How is customer support when needed?Thanks!
1. I’m not Oneworld-centric so it’s not my main mode of travel. But it requires a lot of proactive human interaction to get things sorted. I book travel well in advance, physically go to the airport armed with a list of PNR’s.
2. No
3. Yes
4. Good support crediting-wise, but clearly not a priority for the airline. Check the Flyertalk page for stories about re-rerouting when flying metal.1. More than fine. If you book a flight with Avios just ask on BA chat to change the FF number to RJ. If it is a paid flight, just put your RJ number from beginning. No problem whatsoever with recognising status (premium check-in, fast track security, access to lounge, all fine) on BA, both at LGW/LHR and outstations.
2. I only had one paid flight and it was a <£50 fare to AMS, so I didn’t bother changing away from RJ. Flight posted fine on RJ account. All other 10+ flights were Avios flights.
3. No clue.
4. Never had to try.I hope I am offered to renew status on the cheap.
On more than one occasion now I’ve successfully changed by FF number from BA to RJ (BA bronze equivalent status) via other OW sites, have had access to free seat selection a week out from the flight, but when actually attempting to select seats it has come up with an error, and doesn’t allow me to save my chosen seat(s). Anyone else encounter this and know a way round it?
Resurfacing this thread, as it’s now been a few months and I am curious to hear about real-life experiences from people who status matched with RJ. With my chances of requalifying for BA Silver slim to none, I am looking around for options for 2026 (when my status expires).
1. What are people’s experience with RJ OW Sapphire? In particular when leveraging on BA.
2. Are flights/segments posting seamlessly to the RJ account ?
3. Are RJ points effectively useless/unusable (I may be OK with that, most Avios come from other sources these days).
4. How is customer support when needed?Thanks!
1. As RJ Gold Sparrow / One World Sapphire my experience has been excellent – and I say that after 24 flights (all on BA). Just waiting now for my final 2 to post to my account in a few days for hopefully renewed GS for another year!
Always book economy. Fast Track everywhere, lounge access everywhere (sometimes with a quizzical look, but never refused), and seat selection immediately on booking – most always in an exit row.2. Never had a flight fail to post yet, they take from 5 to 8 days to hit your RJ account.
3. No idea what you can do with RJ points, but frankly the Avios points awarded with flights now are so poor I’m not that bothered.
4. The only time I have contacted customer support was last September to confirm that I needed 26 legs/flights to renew my Gold Sparrow status. I should know by the end of this week how that goes, having flown back from Germany on Saturday – flights 25 & 26… 🙏
So far so good
On more than one occasion now I’ve successfully changed by FF number from BA to RJ (BA bronze equivalent status) via other OW sites, have had access to free seat selection a week out from the flight, but when actually attempting to select seats it has come up with an error, and doesn’t allow me to save my chosen seat(s). Anyone else encounter this and know a way round it?
I’ve seen this posted previously, not sure if yourself or someone else.
Did you resolve it on those occasions? If so, was it a call to BA? Rj? Chat / X?
Just adding my few pence
1 – I only matched over to Ruby, hoping to get OWS soon. I mainly fly BA – GLA to LHR, no issues using business check in. Always Group 3 on my boarding pass, and able to pick my seats 7 days in advance, as well as for others on the same booking.
2. Flights always post for me with BA – around 6-8 days after the flight.
Flew 2 flights on JAL – posted about 4 days later.
Had a 5 flight itinerary on QR – 2 QR, 1 CX on QR codeshare, then 2 QR – all posted within 7 days, except the CX flight which I had to manually claim.
3 – Points don’t seem worth too much. I always fly economy on BA, and get 86 miles for a GLA to LHR leg. When the RJ website had it’s oneworld redemption calculator available earlier this year, I think it was 24k miles for a GLA to LHR redemption, so I don’t see me getting there anytime soon.
Last time I looked though, I’ve got about 8k miles including the freebie miles for signing up, and I think I can get a £25 Sainsburys or Amazon voucher for it – so not totally worthless I suppose.
4. They can be a little slow to reply by email – probably a triage thing – but they’ve always been pleasant enough, and the couple of times I’ve had reason to email, they’ve always fixed my request.On more than one occasion now I’ve successfully changed by FF number from BA to RJ (BA bronze equivalent status) via other OW sites, have had access to free seat selection a week out from the flight, but when actually attempting to select seats it has come up with an error, and doesn’t allow me to save my chosen seat(s). Anyone else encounter this and know a way round it?
I’ve seen this posted previously, not sure if yourself or someone else.
Did you resolve it on those occasions? If so, was it a call to BA? Rj? Chat / X?
I’ve had precisely this problem – what seems to happen is that they add the RJ number but still retain the BA one, which causes an IT conflict. I’ve resolved through direct message on Twitter/X (essentially asking them to book my seat for me).
Sounds like most of people who status matched are making good use of the match. Encouraging! Let’s see what RJ decides to do on the matches next year when many of us will be losing BA status in April.
Rob mentioned the other day under one of the articles that soft landings are continuing for now. I assume/hope this means for 2026-27 as we already know they’ve continued this year!
3. No idea what you can do with RJ points, but frankly the Avios points awarded with flights now are so poor I’m not that bothered.
Just raising this thread once more if I may re the Avios point above.
I travelled last week to Hamburg, 3 day trip with the wife.
BHD-LHR-HAM
HAM-LHR-BHD
We travelled economy because my RJ Gold Sparrow status got us immediate Seat Selection, Priority Check In, Fast Track, Lounge Access, and Priority Boarding – why pay extra?The flights for both of us came to just short of £600.
I earned ZERO Avios because I travelled on RJ Status.
My wife (Bronze BA), earned 1409 Avios – FOURTEEN QUID!Just sayin… 🙄
I’ve only used my RG GS card for lounge access to be honest, for which I’ve had no issues for myself +1.
A question – has any one managed to move from Silver to Gold, or Gold to Platinum after a status match, without any RJ sectors?
A question – has any one managed to move from Silver to Gold, or Gold to Platinum after a status match, without any RJ sectors?
Mine got extended. The code shares operated by Iberia Express were not accepted. Doing a mileage run again this summer. I booked a fixed desk in a flex space in Granada for a month. Plan is to take the first flight out and the last flight back to Madrid every weekday in August.
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