bmi diamond club - A3 and THY questioning Gold Card status

BMI gold card holder, as in card says expires 06/12

Wrote for status match both said I am showing as Silver, even with the card valid until end June. KLM gold and BAEC gold as well but they arent having it, do you think its worth fighting ? :D

I acknowledge my year ended 02 May, but is it not valid that the gold status ends when your card does :confused:

BMI gold card holder, as in card says expires 06/12


I acknowledge my year ended 02 May, but is it not valid that the gold status ends when your card does :confused:

They also apparently know that your bmi status was technically silver at the time of applying for a status match - so I'm not sure there's much you can do in this case - sorry!

BMI gold card holder, as in card says expires 06/12

Wrote for status match both said I am showing as Silver, even with the card valid until end June. KLM gold and BAEC gold as well but they arent having it, do you think its worth fighting ? :D

I acknowledge my year ended 02 May, but is it not valid that the gold status ends when your card does :confused:

It has generally been considered a practicality that your card expires a month or so after your status to allow new ones to be sent to you. So if you fall to Silver you do actually get a bonus month. If Gold renews it provides continuity of service.

I don't think you have a strong case.

yeh point taken, I guess I have to wait until a *A matches Flying Blue or BAEC Gold,

Issue is I do a lot of Aberdeen Stavanger so SAS / Wideroe is direct, whereas to used BA or KLM needs 2 flights, although helps regain status quicker and its sometimes cheaper using them. ( especially KLM if you are open jawing with Kristiansand )

I could have done A3 months ago, so was stupid not to.

yeh point taken, I guess I have to wait until a *A matches Flying Blue or BAEC Gold,

Issue is I do a lot of Aberdeen Stavanger so SAS / Wideroe is direct, whereas to used BA or KLM needs 2 flights, although helps regain status quicker and its sometimes cheaper using them. ( especially KLM if you are open jawing with Kristiansand )

I could have done A3 months ago, so was stupid not to.

I am in the same boat as you. Membership year May 2012 , card June 2012. A3 said no, but we will match you to *A Silver equvalent (Blue in their case). Fair enough. Tried match using BA Gold or LH SEN but - "...we are not authorised to match anything except BD..."

As for TK, well :rolleyes:

TK matched my Flying Blue Platinum after about four hours.

TK matched my Flying Blue Platinum after about four hours.

Congrats.

Luck of the draw IMHO :eek:

Beware! BA cards work in the same way with the card date being a month after the actual qualification date for status. Same reason; it provides continuity until the new card arrives and gives you a month's bonus if you have dropped a level.