I also benefitted from the extension - my ROP Gold status expired in October. I was traveling from late November to just a few days ago, and didn't have my new card; several lounge attendants asked about this, and I just said I hadn't gotten the new one yet, and showed them the *G status on my boarding passes (I also had a print-out of my ROP account page, but didn't need to use it).

Upon my return to DAR a few days ago, my new card and tags were waiting for me. The postmark was smudged, but it looks like they were mailed out of Taipei on 26 November.

One question I have: does anyone know if the extended Gold status also includes a Gold Upgrade (GUP), or if the timeframe for the previous GUP is also extended? I didn't use my GUP during the last two-year period.

- michael