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10 Jul 19, 09:13 PM |
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BA EXECUTIVE CLUB- any benefits?
Hi All,
We are flying BA, I’ve joined the executive club for my husband and I, is it worth me joining the children? Are there any immediate benefits? Or benefits for the actual flight or check in? |
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10 Jul 19, 09:18 PM |
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As far as I'm aware there are no immediate benefits but by adding them on you will collect avois points for their flights too.
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10 Jul 19, 09:21 PM |
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Imagineer
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Join the children up and create a household account so your points can be pooled. You can then choose how to spend the points on upgrades, hotel rooms etc
Dawn
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10 Jul 19, 09:35 PM |
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No benefits other than collecting the Avios at the level you will be entering I'm afraid. You can also do Shops Away (look on the left hand side of your account n scroll down) at vaious on line shops which also make you extra Avios
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10 Jul 19, 11:19 PM |
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Apprentice Imagineer
Join Date: Jun 13
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OK, one other reason to join. It's a long shot but you may as well do it for the children. Here goes...
Your flight will get you a tiny number of tier points, in addition to your avios points. Tier points are what you accumulate to get bronze, silver and gold status - e.g. 300 tier points in a year to get bronze, 1,500 for gold. Now while your flight to Orlando (earning probably 40 tier points each) won't get you anywhere near even the bronze target, there is also 'lifetime gold*' to consider, which is done based on accumulated points for as long as you remain a member. I think it's around 35000 tier points that gets you gold for life. So think of the children - if they end up doing a job with a lot of travel (where a business class flight could net you 300 tier points), then they will thank you for having sorted them out a head start in their early years (I'm on around 15-20k but had a number of flights to the US as a minor which won't count as I wasn't a member) * gold gets you things like First Class check-in, First lounge access, 2 free bags to check-in (31kg each..), free seat reservations as soon as you book, bonus avios, greater avios redemption availability and, here's the kicker, a personal greeting on board! It's worth shooting for. |
10 Jul 19, 11:32 PM |
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WTP return to Florida is 180 points so a couple of trips a year will get you bronze. Although it's not really till you get to silver (600 points in a 12 month period) that you really see any significant benefits
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11 Jul 19, 06:03 AM |
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11 Jul 19, 07:11 AM |
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Imagineer
Join Date: May 10
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My grandchildren have the same number of points as their parents, no enough for status but have both been awarded Silver by BA, now they guest their parents into the lounge!
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11 Jul 19, 08:13 AM |
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Very Serious Dibber
Join Date: Sep 09
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Join them all up. Ive just paid for Clearwater hotel for our stay with our points.
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11 Jul 19, 08:23 AM |
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Imagineer
Join Date: Sep 06
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We've been bronze for a while now but we won't ever likely go above that. It's not brilliant, but we can book seats 7 days in advance and we get extra avios points with each booking, plus if you fly economy you can check into the club desk (not that exciting).
The points do add up because we've had lots of gatwick hotel rooms booked with them and universal hotels. This year I've booked 2 gatwick hotel rooms and a one night stay at the RPR for 4 adults using my avios points and that would have cost over £500. |
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