The Times of London is reporting that British Airways is revoking Michael Winner‘s complimentary Gold status after Winner published negative comments about the airline in a newspaper piece.
A spokesman for BA explains: “Mr Winner has a complimentary gold card from British Airways. Given his recent comments, we are sure he won’t be needing it. So we won’t be renewing it. Our message to Michael Winner is: ‘Don’t worry, dear, it’s only a gold card.’ ”
Ok, fair enough, There’s no reason for British Airways to extend you special courtesies if you’re going to trash it in print.
But… wait a minute!
The airline is offering up status, presumably hoping that it will influence your public statements. Shouldn’t that sort of thing be disclosed when you’re commenting publicly on the airline?
And more importantly, why isn’t British Airways extending complimentary Gold status to me so that I’ll write nice things about it? My current Silver status will be expiring in April, so please hurry up BA!
Perhaps by “complimentary” they meant status match of some sort?
Victoria is an amazingly beautiful city with a distinctly that accents it British heritage. The Empress is located near the water within easy walking distance of many of the major attractions. If I still lived in Seattle, I would jump at this offer.