Originally Posted by
penangbk
My Silver will be expired on 10/31, I am short of 7000 miles. I am going back to HKG at the end of Oct. If I travel on 10/28 from NYC/HKG (8059 miles), and come back on 11/2. Will the segment (HKG/NYC) of 8059 miles count toward as my new calender year of Silver status?
It is when the miles hit your account unfortunately, not when you do the actual flying. I just checked quickly, Oct 28 is a Tuesday, meaning you takeoff 12 hours later likely on Wed HK time (which is the time they use for the cutoff). JFK is pretty quick to update themiles, and since every day is a weekday (miles update faster, seems to take longer over weekends) I say you have decent odds (50-75% chance) of making it the straight way.
That said, if that doesn't happen, you can always try to plead your case with CX and see where it gets you. They're handing out silver memberships like candy it seems to those who are signing up for this credit card and flying J (are you in F, J or Y?)