A bit of context...... I've been going on about doing a Mileage Run or Tier Points run for many years, not for any particular purpose other than the usual things that excite someone such as the feeling of getting a good deal, doing a lot of travelling just because it's always fun and because I grew up sitting on the Queens Building at Heathrow as a plane spotter and never really grew out of it. Even a career as an Air Traffic Controller hasn't dampened my enthusiasm.
Anyway, as I'm leaving my cradle (ish) to grave company on voluntary redundancy at the end of September, it seemed like a good time to think about the future. If I could get a BA Gold Card this year, then after VR, when I am poorer despite my good pension and assuming that nobody is knocking on the door to offer a 56yo ex-ATCC Supervisor consultancy jobs, we're unlikely to be travelling in anything other than economy. Unless I have Avios left of course.
So the logic (well, excuse) for a TP run is to achieve Gold this membership year, then in 2015 I retain it and then in 2016 drop drop down to Silver. Which, having been a grateful recipient of a Silver card for 2 years since BA gave me one based upon the bmi acquisition and associated *Alliance points, is quite good enough for me.
Anyway, as I'm leaving my cradle (ish) to grave company on voluntary redundancy at the end of September, it seemed like a good time to think about the future. If I could get a BA Gold Card this year, then after VR, when I am poorer despite my good pension and assuming that nobody is knocking on the door to offer a 56yo ex-ATCC Supervisor consultancy jobs, we're unlikely to be travelling in anything other than economy. Unless I have Avios left of course.
So the logic (well, excuse) for a TP run is to achieve Gold this membership year, then in 2015 I retain it and then in 2016 drop drop down to Silver. Which, having been a grateful recipient of a Silver card for 2 years since BA gave me one based upon the bmi acquisition and associated *Alliance points, is quite good enough for me.
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