How to make yourself a British Airways Executive Club Premier member in 2 minutes :-)

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British Airways IT genius strikes again …..

The iPhone app has updated today. For some reason, BA has failed to remove a testing element.

Go to ‘My Account’ and you’ll see an eye-shaped button at the top. Click it and you can select your tier – including Premier.

This, apparently, is what a BA Executive Club Premier member (usually the head of travel for a FTSE 100 company, or similar) sees, and what you will see too:

and

Sadly I don’t think that the status actually gets applied to your British Airways account 🙂

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Stu N says:

30 Jun30 June 22:26

I like the GGL picture best. Frankly this is the only way I’ll ever get to see it in my app.

🙂

Oh and in case anyone is wondering, if you pull down to update it puts you back where you should be.
- JJUK84 says:
  
  30 Jun30 June 22:28
  
  I can’t see how? I want it for comedy screenshot value!
KBuffett says:

30 Jun30 June 22:29

Very cool. If only it were real
Ben says:

30 Jun30 June 22:33

When checking this, I noticed that my status extension through to 30 June 2022 had been applied. Not bad considering I only regularities for Gold recently due to the paternity freeze that BA allow.
- Courtster says:
  
  30 Jun30 June 22:43
  
  I got Gold in 2014 and with 2 paternities I’m still silver till late 2021. I’ve probably only taken 4 revenue flights since the Gold achievement(!)
  - Alex W says:
    
    1 Jul1 July 07:12
    
    Similar here. Was Gold in 2016, 2 paternities later and my silver expires in 2023!
    - Alex W says:
      
      1 Jul1 July 07:12
      
      Finally there is a benefit to having kids 😂
- Pid says:
  
  1 Jul1 July 08:10
  
  Still not got my extension, hopefully will come through soon!
  - Rob says:
    
    1 Jul1 July 09:30
    
    It’s not coming. If you have already renewed your existing status this year, you don’t get one.
    - HarryUps says:
      
      1 Jul1 July 14:42
      
      Hi Rob, What about if you received an email saying that you will be getting the extra 12 months (like I did), do I have a leg to stand on to challenge this? I had already retained Gold at the time of receiving the email.
      - Rob says:
        
        1 Jul1 July 15:22
        
        Unlikely, but feel free to try it out and let us know!
    - TGLoyalty says:
      
      1 Jul1 July 16:27
      
      I renewed mine prior to my TP year end May 8th and received an extension to jul 2022
      
      Or do you mean people with TP years ending in July onwards who renewed this past year won’t get it?
Alex says:

30 Jun30 June 22:41

Already been fixed sadly – I wanted a screenshot as it’s the only way I’ll get it😂
- TGLoyalty says:
  
  1 Jul1 July 00:25
  
  Just updated my app and still seeing the Eye. Unfortunately it says John smith etc lol
MD says:

30 Jun30 June 23:11

Not on Android it seems, sadly, but great find. 😂
Denis says:

1 Jul1 July 00:32

It is still showing. Need to update the app.
Andrew says:

1 Jul1 July 05:48

To be clear it just shows the John Smith version that Rob shows when you click the eye and select the desired tier – it doesn’t show your details.
Chrisasaurus says:

1 Jul1 July 06:59

Christ rob charge your phone it’s making me anxious!

Can see Mr Smith’s email in the screenshot too, off to guess the password and steal his 1000 Avios 😁
- Doug M says:
  
  1 Jul1 July 07:12
  
  Almost every screenshot does this to me. I instantly check the battery life and think ffs charge it.