TP help for the confused

[FrancisH]

I really feel that I should be able to work this out for myself, but am still confused after reading everything.

My current situation according to The BA app:

Current Status: Gold
Current Tier points: 1405
Needed to retain Gold: 95

Collection year ends: 31 March 2025
Card expiry: 31 March 2026

I only went from Silver to Gold in Feb 2025.

There’s no way that I will earn Silver never mind Gold in 2025/26 under the new rules.

If I understand it correctly, I will retain Gold until 31 March 2026 whatever (based on the card expiry date), and it makes no difference if I earn those 95 points in March or not. Or am I missing something important?

Thanks for any thoughts on this.

[AndrewT]

One of the timing quirks of the TP year changeover. If you retain Gold in the April 2024 – March 2025 period that would be valid until 30/04/26, so an extra month but probably not worth spending extra time, money and effort just for that.

[FrancisH]

Thank you, that’s what I’d hoped was the case. We’ll just have to see if the “soft landings” continue :).

Almost all my BA “status” has been earned through business travel for a SME, and as I live in Scotland, my incentive to fly BA under the new rules becomes almost zero. Much better off in future with direct flights where available or via Amsterdam / Paris / Frankfurt / Doha / Istanbul etc. Might continue with Amex to get enough Avios for London flights.

I’m sure they will have modeled it all to death, but I suspect there is quite a lot of domestic connecting traffic that will disappear after March 2027.