Originally Posted by
GoldCircle
Thus, the identifiable membership number kernel is xxxxxxx with a prefix. 1, 3, 7, or 0 seem like a good choice.
*All this could be tosh.
which given the new member/old member formats, those seven X's could be the same for a new member
and an old one
(any check digits aside).
Say a new member is given the number
10010044444. To get it to fit they amend it to
10044444 or
00044444. Both of those are conceivably the number of an old member who, under the new system, is now
00000044444, given under the old system the first
status prefix number is irrelevant to miles posting.