Ah ha!.

Now you are starting to play the game of averages.

Typically 3 times per year, sometimes 4 times – no problem. 3 times per year will see you achieve 50k per year, and you will renew at Gold Status with KrisFlyer. 4 times per year you will renew easily with a couple of thousand miles surplus.

At least 2 trips a year – Oops. Suddenly you’re borderline. Depending on the dates of the flights, and the dates required for membership renewal you may fail to achieve 50k in the current membership year and the required Gold status. Averaged over the years, and taking into account the years you flew 4 trips per year, you probably deserve to achieve Gold Status – unfortunately that ain't the way it works. You failed to achieve 50k this membership year, therefore you’re downgraded. If you’re lucky and have sufficient time you can perhaps book a flight to NZ or Asia to log the required miles, otherwise you suffer until you hit a ‘good’ year and achieve the 50k balance.

I sympathise with your position. I’m enrolled in Krisflyer and ‘average’ 50k per year. Unfortunately I’m running short of miles this year and will not achieve Gold status renewal (and lack sufficient time to do anything about it). Next year looks like being a good year for me - I’ve got a couple of long haul flights scheduled in quick succession and at this point am looking to open an account and booking them to Asiana. I should be able to achieve Diamond (Star Alliance Gold) fairly quickly and will take advantage of the lounge access (up to 4 years) under this scheme. Once I achieve Diamond status I will direct miles to Krisflyer. In 3 years or so before my Diamond status expires I will review my position again – If I’m traveling well and am confident of logging 50k miles to Krisflyer that year fine, otherwise I’ll look at utilising Asiana to gain another 4 years of lounge access.

Only a little confused ? Heck you’re doing well !