Yes, it's a 'little bit complicated', which is why I've come here, a second time, to understand BA's email, sent yesterday.

BA switching from Tesco club card to nectar points was the worst change for me

Absolutely fantastic breakdown Matt. I remember when I stumbled onto your channel when you just started and how I was engaged by your excellent video style delivery and especially your analysis of BA Avios. Keep it up!

Thanks for the great information + video!

Thanks Matt, for all your videos. Safe travels bud

Another great video as always Matt. As you have rightly said all loyalty schemes will likely be going towards revenue based earnings as well . I personally as yourself earn avios via more than just flying so luckily shouldn't be too big a change and will still keep flying BA as there is still lots of benefits to being gold such as additional reward seat availability. Any change sadly will always benefit some and inconvenience others. You can also book tickets for up to next year and still get the current rates or as you say book via BA holidays when going away . Great to hear about the double tier points being extended it is a great offer I will definitely use again if I can

Informative and interesting video. Always look forward to your videos Mat.

Cheers Matt, another great explainer 👍👍

Great one Matt! Just a note: the 0.99p/0.84p (with bonus) only applies to the first 300,000 Avios boosted, hence why it shows up higher if you try to boost too much at once!

Amazing analysis!!!!

Just stumbled upon this video and your channel. Really useful information, thanks Matt. You have a new subscriber :)

Best video for a while Matt. Really like the analysis.

Thanks for this video, have been waiting for it! It's a shame this direction that BA are taking, as you rightly say it essentially penalises the people that BA should care about the most. Instead, they just focus on CIV numbers!

Think you’ve brought some perspective to this change. Nice video😃

A really great video. Comprehensive and detailed as always. Appreciate the balanced approach

Amazing video as always

Another excellent update. Still looking to book that TP run!

Interesting and informative as always. For my wife and I, these changes wont generally affect how we travel or who with. As you point out, the scheme belongs to BA and it is theirs to do with as they wish. Its down to us to figure out how to make it benefit our own particular travel needs, though it is a bit sad to see their higher tier members 'suffer' the most. I'd love to see TPs earned on redemptions, but I'm not holding my breath. We can earn Avios and TP on Qatar, which is good. The challenge now is constructing and booking a BA Holidays TP run minding the recently closed loopholes. Question for you - how often do you use an OTA to book airfare?

Thanks Matt. Consicely tidiedd up the changes. Astonished the 50% devaluation hasn't sparked more backlash. Personally to his is outweighed by the double tier point extension on holidays. As i understand it, these can be open jaw and multiple sites, so a fair opportunity to take interesting trips whilst building up the

Thanks for the lovely Video as always Matt. I’m sticking to retain my Silver status this year and might end up having a Gold status before next July if I get the opportunity to fly to Singapore in First class. I used to consider Tier points were more important than the Avios but watching your channel made me realise that they are important too. BTW have you lost some weight? Best wishes 🙏🏼

Thank you for this Matt! A great overview. Nice touch with the summary at the end. A very interesting perspective. For me, I don't think it will impact my choices as unfortunately I have no choice. Since BA consumed BMI, there is no alternative British based airline. Easyjet - is NOT an option and Virgin is not something that I would consider unless (i) they properly join SkyTeam (which which will be useful if the world changes in Russia, but that is not going to happen for the next decade) and (ii) SkyTeam will renew Aeroflot's membership.

Matt. Another interesting, informative video. You certainly put the miles in on them, but that shirt has sent me cross eyed.😂 Steve. C. YNWA.

Excellent and balanced video as always. I’m hoping for tier points on redemptions (like Virgin) as a future update, fingers crossed.

A lot of my avios comes from credit card spend and not actually from flights. The changes make a tiny difference to the overall earnings. If anything the benefits are what i am after with status. Mainly reward flight availability and lounge access from silver upwards. Be good to see how much it will cost me to maintain my silver status and whether i can access rewards flights as my companion ticket has been wasted this year

Thanks for the info concerning the Avios Boost promo Matt though, I am always a little concerned when hotels airlines etc offer you to buy lots of their points at a reduced value as I think it means they are going to increase the amount needed thereby devaluing what I have just bought.

Great video Matt, lots to reflect upon. On another note can you please update your bio on your website it reads 1.3 million and should be 1.4 listening to your intro. 😜

Just as I’m about to get gold for the first time they devalue it 😖, oh well I’ll just have to enjoy the benefits that come with gold for a year but the extension of double tier points on holidays is a plus. Good video once again Matt clear & concise 👍🏻 I see BA fly to Aruba have you been there ?

Great video Matt! One thing I'd like to raise, related to avios earing with BA Holidays, is what would happen if BA flights would be booked via OTA's. I think I read a few comments here and there about something called "net fare" which could be a way to remain in the old calculation, supposedly because BA can't see the fare, something like that. Anything you might know around that?

Very informative Just waiting to see Robs name as a patron 😂

Good news is subscription price remains same for those that signed up to the old pricing.

Hi Matt, a great video as always however were you aware they have also sneaked in a change for BA Holidays “After 18 October 2023, will there be any exceptions when the new way of collecting Avios is applied to flights marketed by British Airways? Yes, some tickets where the fare paid isn’t disclosed or isn’t available, including flights booked as part of a British Airways Holidays package, will continue collecting Avios based on a percentage of how many miles you fly and the cabin you fly in (no minimum Avios apply). Executive Club Bronze, Silver and Gold members will collect 15%, 30% or 50% extra Avios on top of the base flight award” So Gold no longer gets 100% extra :-(

Another "enhanced" loyalty scheme, reminds me of Shangri La hotels who many years ago used to have a great loyalty scheme that gave even their lowest level members (me) a daily free great big Asian buffet breakfast or room service breakfast. Anyway, they did a survey and decide to "listen to the feedback"and do away with the Breakfast, can't remember what they replaced it with, probably something like free local phonecalls or 10% off Laundry prices ;-)

Travelling from Scotland to Argentina for me and Argentina to Scotland for my wife is costly and Avios seems a joke and rarely worth while

United which is my main airline just recently devalued their mileage plus redemptions by at least 40+%. Business class fares which were 60k miles not that long ago can now be hundreds of thousands ! The abruptness and attitude of these announcements makes me purely a price customer . No loyalty .

Severe bummer. Holding Gold when having to fly Y put a spring in my step with a few extra measly Avios.

Like the AA hack to get the higher Avios

Thanks Matt. OMG 😲 Why? Great information, grateful 🙏 We are looking at using BA Avios on Qatar or other One world carriers. To get to Australia. Using Avios to upgrade to business class. Any plans to cover this aspect in more detail?

Not sure what you will make of this Matt ? Booked our family of 4 BA holiday early July for April 24. I checked price again two weeks later and the whole trip was now £2000 cheaper !!!! I called to ask why and was told it could be due to someone paying the cheaper price but then cancelling so it became available again. I was advised I could not cancel my booking (it would have been cheaper even with losing my deposit) and rebook the cheaper fare. I explained I felt physically sick, I could understand say a couple of hundred variation but £2000 was shocking, I was very polite though out. Eventually I was offered for us all to be upgraded to Premium Economy both legs. A somewhat acceptable solution to a situation that I feel should never have happened.

This is all good, and all about earning Avios….. but I’ve been trying to (finally) book a return 1st Class ticket using my lifelong Avios savings with zero luck. Why is it so complicated? Can you do a video showing how to do this?

Hi Matt. Lovely video . Binging on some of your older videos . I recently had a flight from Amsterdam cancelled and I was rebooked to another one which left after 5:30 hours of the original one (11:40 flight cancelled to 5:30 pm). Another occasion the same 11:40 flight gets cancelled and I’m rebooked for a flight at 2:30 pm. But it actually flies at around 5 pm. Would I be eligible for compensation in both the instances ?

That double tier point extension is great but a bummer for me! I booked to Chicago in business from Manchester. However decided not to use BA holidays because I had found a very nice ,very cheap hotel! Could have got gold on that trip too😢! Edit: would I be able to rebook with that being a double tier point holiday or not?

Hi Matt👋 With these changes in mind would you still recommend BA’s Loyalty programme over all other airline loyalty programmes for someone signing up in the near future?

I would be curious how BA calculates Avios earning on flights operated by BA but which are marketed by another carrier (i.e. AA)? Would it be distance based since technically it's a partner marketed flight? If not, I suspect many would be tempted to take flights operated by partners to keep earning Avios by distance.

Great video as always, but I’m firmly Team Avi-OSS, not Avi-OHs 😏

Hello, I am not able to understand the following and hope that you can help me. I live in the USA. My husband and I have lots of Avios, and wish to use them to fly with our companion fare, to visit our family abroad. Does using our credit card continue to add more Avios to our accounts monthly and allow us to use them when we are ready to fly? How do the new Avios numbers (Blue at 6 Avios, Silver at 8) after a flight come into the equation? Many thanks for easy to understand information please!

Hello Matt, when you book a flight with BA do you get your points then or when you fly? What would it show up on your account like? Thank you

I have a question, if you wouldn't mind sharing an opinion. BA just cancelled one of our inbound flights, we arrive 1005 from TLV and were supposed to fly to INV later in the day, but that has now been cancelled and they actually booked us onto a 0955 departing LHR to INV Departing even before we are even in the country LOL. Spoke to a lovely customer services agent that re book the connection for the following day and an overnight at the Holiday inn express, 2 taxi rides involved at our own expense apparently ( BTW they are business class flights). The boss is in a wheel chair and has said the taxi rides and extra overnight are too stressful, so I am going to ask for a date change for the whole trip, whats your thoughts on BA actually doing this. In the past we have had outstanding customer service on a trip that had to be changed because of HM the Queen dying and one before that when our granddaughter had to go for a liver transplant. I'm 50/50 on whether or not BA will come through this time. I'm just irritated that it means losing a double tier point trip. Just reached the point in the video when you mentioned the tier points extension. I'm absoulutely delighted! actually brought tears to my eyes lol. I'll be gold after 2 trips, I don't really care about avios but I do care about tier points. Thank you so much for the Video Matt. I always use the BA Holiday, but rather than hotels I use the car hire. if you get a quote for the flight then add the extra (car hire or hotel) you will see exactly what the flight and extra costs, it turns a flight booking into a holiday. it also gives you more flight options (possibly why my december holiday is now in tatters lol)

hi matt, have you got a video or a link on explaining the avios concept for dummies. i’ve managed to accumulate 60k avios over the years from flying ba but i haven’t got a clue on how it is best spent or earn. all this jargon goes in one ear and out the other lol.

Changes like this are partly why I'm glad I decided to go free agent in the beginning of the year. So long BAEC and hello, for the time being, Qatar Avios 😅👍🏻

How many avios do you think it would be for Business on Quatar from DUB to TOK? I'm struggling to work it out

So anyways BA apparently are keeping the double staus points until the end of 2024

I always fly first class so I wanted to ask if it is worth planning and doing a tier point run?

The most amazing thing about this was BAs email to members trying to spin it as somehow good for us 😂

so you only should by tickets on other ticket stocks or non BA/IB flight numbers. I myself prefer to be an emerald at Finnair. Much better program.

Can i use my companion voucher to travel in business class?

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Hi Matt - I love your stuff but I must confess I felt a little insulted by aspects of this video. I am sure it was intentional but it is a reality. I live in Bulgaria. My only option is the horrendous daily flight to LHR. I know I will never move out of blue status as I don't hear much money in Bulgaria to spend on airfares and the BA couldn't schedule its daily flight at worse time. However, EVERY time I fly, I use British Airways if going to the UK. Somehow, I am not loyal? I would disagree. If people have the amazing gold status, what's the issue with the people at the bottom having a bit more? I think you didn't mean to come over as nasty but I think it would be good if I was not so disregarded!

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Sounds like a mad cash grab to me. But hey, I live in a country with less than 1.7 % inflation....

Tier Points Next? £20 = £1 tier point? 😊

I fear that BA/IAG have massively misjudged this. Personally, this will push me even further into the arms of the Star Alliance, with whom I will earn generous mileage through the Aegean scheme (once I navigate through those pesky Lufthansa ‘P’ fares). It is no great hardship for British people to use other European airlines, and I predict that many will chose them precisely because of this.

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