British Airways Gold Guest List Requirements Increased

Hey Lucky. A little confusing with the info, you stated that the qualification for CRC is 5k TP in a calendar year, isn't that the requirement for GGL?
Regards
Jake
PS. I've been a 'silent reader' for a while now, both on your blog and Instagram. Keep up the great work! 🙂

If you think this is complicated, why don't we start talking about the Qantas frequent flyer program.

I'm disappointed, as I was planning to qualify with the 3000 points in successive years approach, but I can probably squeeze in 5000 points before April to finally qualify. It's the jokers (booking reward flights for up to five people by forcing availability in a revenue class) and the cards for family members to be able to get into the first class lounge when traveling in business class or lower that make it worthwhile to me. There's a lengthy discussion on flyer talk about this.

@ Jake Xu -- It *can* be the requirement for GGL, though you can requalify for GGL with just 3K Tier Points. So the qualification process is somewhat different, though can overlap.

I have to say that this is a bit of a joke. To change qualification criteria on customers who have been loyal to the airline seems incredibly foolish as a tactic.

We have a lot of choice of which airlines we fly with. We need to vote with our feet and use different carriers once we reach Gold!

And the 'offer' that if you achieve 3,000 points by April who will still achieve GL status is insulting to our intelligence. My tier point year begins in September, so my 'offer' is to collect 3,000 tier points in 6 months rather than 5,000 in the year. Thanks BA!!

Steve - a joke to me as well!

My tier status begins in NOVEMBER so BA are expecting me to reach 3,000 TP's in 4 months (Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar) - made worse by the fact that Decembers travel was already booked.

I too have a September renewal and the April "offer". I won't hit 5,000 by September but would easily have made my second 3,000 year.

I've done my sums and worked out that the "joker" is worth so much to me that I'm going to sink £1,600 into a "Tier Point Run" later this month.

JFK-LAS-LAX-HNL-LAX-DCA-JFK in First will net me 960 TP's and mean that I make it for April.

It's a lot of money, and heavy on the body and time, but you might want to think about it if you value it at more than that investment!

GGL membership is worth it for other hidden benefits as well. For the year I had it, I was upgraded on almost every BA flight I took that was not full in the next higher tier.

I qualified for my first 3000 points before April 2015 and will qualify for second 3000 before April 2016, but I think this means I am too late for GGL now?

I am BA Lifetime gold and GL last year. Also AA concierge key.
Flying BA last year I never had an upgrade, never used the additional benefits and zero recognition other an an occasional hello on board. Zero benefit of loyalty with BA. Suggest readers invest in AA or Qantas.

Hi I am about to go GGL and receive a gold and 2 silver cards - am I able to give silver cards to under 18s? To retain GGL is it 3000 the following year and thereafter or 5000 points each year?
many thanks

Lisa, were you able to give your silver card to an under 18?

Adam, you can by calling BA