Easier than that
The Point you have to earn 40 000 miles in last 12 months.
As an example Let say you rolled a M&S and lets say you earn 25 000 in your first 6 month. They upgrage you Classic pluss but they are still counting your miles. and 4 months later you make 15 000 miles more. That mean you made 40 000 in 10 months. System upgrade your membership to Elite. So just earn 40 000 miles in last 12 months and you are elite member not hard if you fly a lot.
Silver status = Classic Plus in Tk
Elite= gold
They are in Star Alliance you should use Star silver card rights in my opinion.
ahh... interesting. based on their verbiage, i thought you have to get to one level, then make the 40K again. so the total is 40K. i see now. ya, 40K shouldn't be so hard. one round trip from JFK-SYD is 20K.... nice nice...
thanks for the info