So far, since November, I have flown BA from Bordeaux to Gatwick and back 3 times and in March will be doing a 4th.
I see a box to tick for “frequent flyer” but have no idea what this entails and whether I am entitled. Please could someone explain. Thanks
Try it, what could possibly go wrong 
My daughter and her husband both have this with American and it often gives her free unlimited baggage allowance upto a certain point or the equivalent of airmiles and even upgrades sometimes at no extra charge and other “gifts” for being a regular client. Both their offices are in other states and they make regular visits every few months.
There’s the BA Club with Avios miles, but I don’t know what their definition of ‘frequent’ is. We were with this a while back but never seemed to accrue that many points.
You apply to join via ba.com. That’s gets you “membership” and a number. You just use the frequent flyer number (avios,) when you book a flight.
It’s unlikely to amount much on European flights - but avios did used to let you spend points for a few pounds off.
The more flights the more points the higher the status and rewards they offer (extra luggage - lounge) - but basic membership rarely gives you much
You need to get a frequent flyer card in order to get airmiles. Used to rack them up flying Joburg to Manchester (via Paris) then used most of them to fly a very heavy, four foot high Senegalese colon figure from Joburg to the UK - appropriately the carving is of an air hostess.
Always worth a bash. I don’t accumulate too many points these days but when I was working I did. For example when on assignment in SA, because I was popping up from Jo’burg to London and Paris in business class which gave you loads of points and paying with a company AMEX card, which doubled you points, I went from zero to platinum in no time. Two air hostesses (well they were wearing SAA cabin crew uniforms) came around to my office to present the card. My PA was very impressed. Sadly before the days of camera phones so no visual record 
Thanks everyone for your explanations.
My son in law has a platinum Am-Ex card from all his flying. It came in a special presentation box and he gets free entry to the BA/AA lounges when waiting for flights
Yes, one (or one’s employer) pays a subscription for AMEX cards and they do have some “members privileges” (like access to some lounges) and supposedly no spending limit. Though I believe they are disliked by most vendors, that’s why you rarely see them as a payment options, at least outside the US. I think it’s because they charge a higher commission and they may be slower to pay. We only used them because our CEO had invented the Gold and Platinum ones and the whole “membership has its privileges” stuff. Personally I only ever used mine to buy plane tickets because of the air miles multiplier.
It was a South African Airways loyalty Platinum card that the cabin crew presented me with, so I had gazillions of air miles to spend 
came in very handy for holidays.
And as a Platinum card holder one was met coming off a flight and escorted to the SAA lounge. Emirates used to be good like that too, but it’s become rather shitty now, even in business, and Dubai airport is like a cattle mart.
You seem to collect air hostess tales, John. Presume these ones no relation to the one at Geneva on a stopover? 
https://www.survivefrance.com/t/any-advice-on-suv-rentals-at-geneva-airport/56307/6
Collect? Does that infer a degree of incredulity @larkswood12 
They are my own experiences and I am sure many here have far more hair raising tales, but prefer not to share them 
But thanks for paying attention to my reminisces I never post anything here that isn’t true, or that I don’t believe to be true (apart from joking).
Isn’t that Hergé drawing superb though?
Oh, not at all sir! Was trying to be diplomatic, you have the experiences and the memories, I’m trying to avoid suggesting you collect the air hostesses themselves 
. More apologies, I’m not doing very well with my internet etiquette and humour attempts at the moment.
Probably just as well I didn’t go through with my reply to your ‘green chartreuse’ picture, that it reminded me of the Billy Connell sketch - when in Rome - two pints of heavy please- we don’t do heavy - ok, what does the pope drink - “Well, he likes a glass of Creme de Menthe from time to time." - two pints of that then, and a few more - cue green hueh - Hughie Green! - and the punchline, “Jesus, they say the Pope drinks that stuff. Not any wonder, they carry him about in a chair.”
And the Hergé drawing is impeccable.
@SuePJ if you tick tbe FF box most likely another box will open to let you enter a Frequent Flier number.
You should because otherwise you are leaving money on the table. It will cost you no more.
But before you do it there are a lot of reasons why even though it’s a BA flight you shouldn’t use a BA FF number without tbinking about it. (The BA FF Club was very much downgraded last year, for one thing.) There are a number of other FF memberships you might be better to use and enter the number for, even if you never fly that other airline.
For example using a Finnaie, Qatar, or Iberia membership number may give you benefits you want faster and there are a couple of others. Bur if the BA FF program still might suit for what you want, there are some ways of going abour it that may get you there faster.
If you’re going to be flying regularly then it could be worth crediting the flights to an FF program.
This is my other specialist interest, you’d have to have some idea how many flights a year you would be doing and whether you would be interested more in earning the odd free flight, or in making all of your travel slightly nicer as in lounges, better seating on planes etc, as differenf FF memberships work differently in what benefits they earn. The good news is that many programs will let you credit flights you’ve already taken going back for a short period (eg 3 months?) so you might not lose our on what you’ve already flown if you’re a new joiner.
Not much use for flying from France to Blighty but I like Virgin Atlantic’s FF program because unlike other airlines their miles never expire.
Last time I climbed aboard a flying machine was 20 years ago, and that’s frequent enough for me. 
Did you know that they lift the thing off the ground and then, and then, they pull the wheels back in. 
Never any apologies required, it’s after dinner banter. Now did I tell you about the time I was propositioned by a border policeman in Riyadh airport? That was a bit more tricky
No SUV? Driver didn’t turn up?
Actually now you are reminding me of an encounter with a head of police in a bar in Togo. My mate paid. He was the understanding one.
Bring back Imperial Airways and the Handley-Page HP42… none of that retracting wheels nonsense, and you got served a meal on proper china with metal cutlery, or so I believe.
They certainly charge more - which is odd as they charge for the card £650 for the platinum card (and they have “specialised” cards for their truly favoured clients).
As “cashback” cards go I believe they are reasonably generous.
It would be pretentious in a cool sort of way to have one but I don’t do enough travel for it to be worthwhile.
