I've been cheating on *Star this year with two longhauls (ARN-HEL-HKG-SYD-BKK-HEL-ARN on AY) and (ARN-DOH-MEL-DOH-ARN on QR) which almost cost me my *G.
Turns out that when my next flight posts i'll be 80 points over the threshold (!) so another year of Gold Status is done.