The British Airways Club
Oneworld · Tier Points · Annual qualifying period — points accumulate across the full year.
Elite tiers
| Tier | Tier Points required from zero | To retain |
|---|---|---|
| Bronze | 3,500 | — |
| Silver Oneworld Sapphire | 7,500 | — |
| Gold | 20,000 | — |
| Gold Guest List | 65,000 | 40,000 |
Silver confers Oneworld Sapphire — the lowest tier in this programme with alliance-wide lounge access. Alliance mapping last verified 12 July 2026. Conditions beyond the threshold: Alternative route: 50 eligible British Airways flights in the collection year.. Compare lounge access across programmes →
Keeping a tier is a different bar from reaching it. The last column is what The British Airways Club publishes for a member who already holds the tier, over the same qualification window as the reaching figure; a dash means no separate retention threshold has been captured for that rung, not that renewal is automatic.
Requirements beyond the threshold
- Gold Guest List — At least 52,000 Tier Points must come from British Airways-marketed flights.
These apply in addition to the Tier Points figure, so reaching the number alone does not confer the tier.
Spend-based since 1 Apr 2025: 1 Tier Point per £1 of eligible spend (fare + carrier charges) on BA flights, plus a cabin/fare bonus. Gold Guest List needs 65,000 TP (≥52,000 from BA-marketed flights); renews at 40,000. Flight-count alternative routes: 25 flights with a BA code reaches Bronze, 50 reaches Silver (re-verified at source Aug 2026 — distinct from the removed minimum-flight requirements). Tier points expire at the end of each collection year (31 March) but accrue to lifetime tier points. Where British Airways cannot see the fare paid (some tickets sold by partner airlines or agents, and BA Holidays packages), it applies a distance-and-cabin fallback instead of the spend formula — figures here assume BA sees the fare you enter. The cabin/fare bonus is BA's 'extra tier points' scheme, which is now PERMANENT and automatic — no registration, no geographical exclusions — and since 1 April 2026 is set by cabin AND fare type rather than cabin alone; all 22 published values are modelled. Economy Basic fares earn no extra tier points at all — pick the 'Economy Basic' fare type and only the base spend earn applies (BA keys the bonus on cabin and fare type, never on booking class, so there is no Basic booking letter to select). Reward Flights and Avios upgrades are likewise excluded but have no schema key here. Short haul has exactly two cabins, Euro Traveller and Club Europe; BA publishes no short-haul Premium Economy or First rung at all, and the cabin-collapse rule in the terms (Premium Economy treated as Euro Traveller, First as Club Europe) governs American and Iberia metal, where it is modelled. Verified against britishairways.com's extra-tier-points terms and the about-tier-points page, Aug 2026.
Earning reference
Booking classesEvery Tier Points rate, by booking class
The full reference table for The British Airways Club: each operating carrier crossed with each booking class, the rate we hold, and the earning model behind it. Only classes with a rate we have captured from the programme are listed — nothing is filled in with a guess.
Open the booking-class table →The British Airways Club status matches out
Into Air France / KLM — Flying Blue
- Bronze → Silver (Status match)
- Gold, Gold Guest List or Premier → Platinum (Status match)
- Silver → Gold (Status match)
Into Virgin Atlantic — Flying Club
- Gold → Gold (Status match)
- Silver → Silver (Status match)
Into United Airlines — MileagePlus
- Bronze → Premier Silver (Challenge)
- Gold → Premier Platinum (Challenge)
- Silver → Premier Gold (Challenge)
Into Delta Air Lines — SkyMiles
- Bronze → Silver (Challenge)
- Gold → Platinum (Challenge)
- Silver → Gold (Challenge)