Requalification/status extension 2017
Oct 29, 2016, 2:00 pm
#46
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Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: MAN,TLV
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But i have only been gold for 3-4 years.
Oct 30, 2016, 7:18 am
#47
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Heraklion, Greece
Posts: 7,564
Since this is absolutely not true, it doesn't matter whether you've been gold for 3-4 years or for 13-14 years!
Oct 31, 2016, 3:11 am
#48
Community Director
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Norwich, UK
Programs: A3*G, BA Gold, BD Gold (in memoriam), IHG Diamond Ambassador
Posts: 8,474
I took my renewal flight on 27/10, it posted 30/10, and my virtual card moved to a 2017 expiry overnight - pretty good IT on A3's part. (Something I never thought I'd post in here!)
As this is a fairly late renewal, I'll update when the physical card reaches the UK given it might be of interest to those recently or yet to renew.
As this is a fairly late renewal, I'll update when the physical card reaches the UK given it might be of interest to those recently or yet to renew.
Oct 31, 2016, 8:37 am
#50
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: BRU
Programs: A3 *G, BAEC Bronze, LH *S
Posts: 62
I requalified some time ago in early summer, and my wife became gold for the first time mid-September. We both received our cards at the same time, last week, in Brussels.
The funny thing is that my card expires in 2017 and hers in 2019. So obviously there is a glitch somewhere in the printing process...
The funny thing is that my card expires in 2017 and hers in 2019. So obviously there is a glitch somewhere in the printing process...
Oct 31, 2016, 4:04 pm
#51
Ambassador: World of Hyatt
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: UK - the nearest airport is named after a motorway !
Posts: 4,230
I took my renewal flight on 27/10, it posted 30/10, and my virtual card moved to a 2017 expiry overnight - pretty good IT on A3's part. (Something I never thought I'd post in here!)
As this is a fairly late renewal, I'll update when the physical card reaches the UK given it might be of interest to those recently or yet to renew.
As this is a fairly late renewal, I'll update when the physical card reaches the UK given it might be of interest to those recently or yet to renew.
[and I have already flown 42k miles on *A this year, but mostly in non-earning classes on LX and TK
]
Nov 1, 2016, 3:34 am
#52
Join Date: Apr 2016
Programs: A3 *G, BAEC Gold
Posts: 30
At the beginning of June I achieved Gold status. Thanks to a dirt cheap business class fare on SK/AC to Seattle I've been able to requalify at the end of June. Somewhere during the course of last week (wasn't home) I received my new gold card with expiry date beginning of June 2018.
The letter was sent from the UK and I live in Belgium
The letter was sent from the UK and I live in Belgium
Nov 1, 2016, 11:36 am
#53
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: South Carolina
Programs: A3 *G, Hilton Diamond, Accor Silver
Posts: 218
Re-qualified sometime over the summer.
Gold card received today in US with expiration of 11/24/2017.
We were in South Carolina on vacation and made one final stop at the post office on our way to the airport to return to Budapest. Unexpected surprise to find the card was there!
Gold card received today in US with expiration of 11/24/2017.
We were in South Carolina on vacation and made one final stop at the post office on our way to the airport to return to Budapest. Unexpected surprise to find the card was there!
Nov 2, 2016, 9:01 am
#54
Join Date: May 2005
Location: EUR
Programs: FB Plat./BA Gold (thanks BD)/A3 *Gold/HH Diamond/A Club Gold
Posts: 918
Slightly OT, but when does the new re-qualification period start?
1st January?
27th November
1st November?
Recently received my new card in Paris with the Nov 2017 expiry
1st January?
27th November
1st November?
Recently received my new card in Paris with the Nov 2017 expiry
Nov 2, 2016, 9:04 am
#55
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Paris
Programs: Miles&Bonus *G
Posts: 318
You can see it online in your Miles&Bonus account.
Nov 2, 2016, 9:24 am
#57
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Netherlands
Programs: KL Platinum; A3 Gold
Posts: 28,697
Once you have requalified for Gold, details of your Tier Miles balance are irrelevant, and are not shown on your account again until your new year starts (when your target is back to the full 24k/12k + 4flights). Any Tier Miles earned after requalification and before the next year have no effect at all, and are simply not shown on your account.
Last edited by irishguy28; Nov 2, 2016 at 9:34 am
Nov 5, 2016, 10:23 pm
#58
Moderator: British Airways Executive Club
Join Date: Jan 2009
Programs: Battleaxe Alliance
Posts: 22,127
I have a somewhat related enquiry - not 2017 but 2018 expiry.
I qualified for Gold and then requalified shortly after that, so now my expiry date is well into 2018.
When do A3 tend to send out the physical card with the latest renewal date? Shortly after requalifying, or shortly before the previous one expires? My virtual card is showing the latest expiry date but I am thinking about the actual physical card here.
The point of this question is that postal system in the area where I live is not the most reliable thing in the world so I'd like to know if it's likely to have gone missing.
I qualified for Gold and then requalified shortly after that, so now my expiry date is well into 2018.
When do A3 tend to send out the physical card with the latest renewal date? Shortly after requalifying, or shortly before the previous one expires? My virtual card is showing the latest expiry date but I am thinking about the actual physical card here.
The point of this question is that postal system in the area where I live is not the most reliable thing in the world so I'd like to know if it's likely to have gone missing.
Nov 5, 2016, 10:43 pm
#59
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Heraklion, Greece
Posts: 7,564
Classic question from A Greek reading such a post 
: why do you worry now about a potential problem, which will probably never become a problem and, which if it ever becomes one, could be solved more than a year from now? 
: why do you worry now about a potential problem, which will probably never become a problem and, which if it ever becomes one, could be solved more than a year from now?
Nov 6, 2016, 8:26 am
#60
Moderator: British Airways Executive Club
Join Date: Jan 2009
Programs: Battleaxe Alliance
Posts: 22,127
That's why, I'd say.