British Airways Executive Club

Advantages: Use of Lounge, free Airmiles, Upgrade vouchers
Disadvantages: You can lose your membership quickly, if you stop flying for any time

Well, there has been not too many complementary experiences about the BA Miles scheme, which was born this time last year, from the old Airmiles scheme. I have to say, I have been pretty pleased with my lot from BA, particularly, as I have done most of my flights for business and didn't have to pay to earn my miles anyway. Can't grumble at that, eh? I had been a memeber of BA Executive Club, collecting Air Miles for about five years or so, when ...
...Yes, it was more expensive, to use them for domestic and short haul flights (13000 BAmiles now required), but BA compensated for that, by transferring miles collected under the old scheme, to the new scheme at a rate of 14 BA Miles for one old air mile. That gave me about 240000 BA Miles. Now I had travelled a fair bit in the UK in that time, for about one year, and then went to Australia, where I was travelling most weeks, with Qantas. I was able ... Read review

Advantages: On-line check-in, easy to use, you can choose your seat
Disadvantages: None for me yet

I’ve discovered British Airways Executive Club one and a half years ago. Until then, I’ve been flying with different airline companies, as Air France or Tarom (this is the Romanian company and I used it a lot, as I was born in Romania). So, I’ve been flying from Bucharest to London and back for 10 times in the last 18 months. For the first 4 times, I used Tarom, as I thought it is the cheapest (these were personal flights, not business flights, ...
...the idea that British Airways was quite expensive (actually, it used to be, but they cut the prices recently, to keep up with the low-fares airlines). But one day I need to go from UK to Amsterdam for business and my company has a deal with BA. So I was going to Amsterdam with them. I was quite impressed by the service quality, the politeness of the crew, even the food was much better than any other airlines I’ve been flying with. I’ve been given ... Read review

Advantages: Fair deal, easy to accumulate, straightforward
Disadvantages: Not available on all flights

“The British Airways Executive Club isn't just another frequent flyer programme. It's been designed to recognise and reward business travellers with exclusive benefits every time they fly.” This was the advertisement which I saw whilst making my first business trip in 1994, travelling to Dulles Airport, Va., and not knowing what it was all about. I had boarded the BA 747 aircraft at LHR (London Heathrow Airport), and was travelling to the USA for ...
...but whenever possible I chose British Airways: the service is better, the cabin staff are much more attentive and sincere, and they love to use the “yes” word more regularly than those of the other airlines. I have to admit to being a little perplexed when the BA points system was introduced a few years ago now, but by enrolling within the deadline and transferring all my “old” airmiles to the new “BA Points” the relationship has only improved. ... Read review

Advantages: Flown several times free, or up-graded.
Disadvantages: Dates are difficult to come by.

...went back to England, on British Airways, I decided to sign up for their frequent flyer miles. I figured I would be visiting family at least once a year, so I might as well reap the benefits. Both Len and I have the Blue Executive card. That is the bottom of the range, and I feel after 15 trips with them, that it is all that we will achieve. I assume business flyers obtain the Silver and Gold status. Basically it is the fare class that gives you ...
...and I use is the British Airways Visa card. This way, when we fly to England, we get the 4,416 miles each way, plus milage for paying with our card. This really helps them pile up. Not only do we use this card for trips, but anything we use a credit card for. They also have promotion around Christmas, giving extra miles for spending more. Now, who could resist that. Want even more miles, then check out the Executive Club® British Airways guide to ... Read review

Advantages: Accumulate lots of miles
Disadvantages: Don't get a household account and try and spend them

BA Miles Household account is the biggest pain out. I thought it would be a good idea to merge my BA miles with my husbands so we signed up for the Household account. All was fine until I went to book tickets and then found out we can only get tickets for myself and my husband as the 2 members of the account. I didn't add the kids as they don't hold BA executive cards and there didn't seem any point in them having one either. But apparently I ...
...this in the Rules and Regulations but those are as clear as mud. Even after having read them about 6 times it wasn't any better. As this clearly isn't going to get me any tickets booked - I phoned to either get the kids added or to get rid of the Household account to be told we couldn't do it for 6 months as: "16.1.7 Once a Household Account is established, new member(s) may not be added or existing member(s) removed more than once every six months. ... Read review