When did you request the comp?
Late year comps (and the dates vary by airline, as much as July 1 through November) will be good through the end of the current program year AND the following program year.
So if you went to Continental for a comp in August 03 it's entirely possible that your Gold status was automatically given to you through Feb 05. That's because it's not all that reasonable to expect you to requalify in only 4-5 months.
But like I said, the exact date during the year where the airlines change over from granting status through the end of the current year to granting status through the end of the next year varies by program and may even change year to year.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by bennytma:
gleff, thank you for this.
I was comped CO Gold this past year (from AA Plat) and flew 9 segements and was not upgraded on a single segment. Per past FT discussions about CO's upgrade policy I emailed CO that I was considering moving my business back to AA because I didnt "reap what I flew." They extended me CO Gold through 2/05.
United gave me PremEx last year without me asking probably because they saw my AA statement when I faxed it to them for a promotion. Like CO, UA also automatically extended my PremEx through 2/05.
Is it very common that UA and CO will extend status so freely? AA certainly doesnt seem to be doing so.
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