Originally Posted by
JALPak
The statements regarding permanent OW Sapphire status is misleading. JGC membership is subject to annual renewal and it is not a lifetime benefit as JAL does not have a lifetime program at the moment. So theoretically one can lose the JGC membership, even for Japan residents.
Mr. fumitani is only a regular JGC member.
That's right.
"permanent OW Sapphire status" is not an accurate expression.
However, if JGC members continue to pay JAL card(credit card) fee every year, you will have been a JGC member almost automatically and permanently.
Is this correct ?
But JAL often changes the treatment for OW status regarding JGC.
Last year, a regular JGC was a OW ruby status.
Hence, next year a regular JGC might become OW ruby status instead of OW sapphire.
So JGC does not correspond to a permanent OW Sapphire status.
JMB don't have a official lifetime elite membership system , but I wonder that
JGC behave as a permanent elite member in practice.
I am not JGC member, so I have no complain for JGC system.