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I will be 10 Tier Points short of renewing my GC and wondered if anyone could offer advice or recent experiences as to grace periods for renewals (or point me to a thread I may have missed).

My BA GC membership year ends 08 Feb 2011 (card expiry date: 31 Mar 2011). This year I have collected 700 Tier Points and a few flights later in the month will bring me to 790.

This will leave me 10 TPs short of the EU 800 TP threshold.

I have heard reports that some cards have been automatically renewed as compensation for the disruptions this year (ash, strikes…).

After calling into the Gold line I was told that I would be renewed should my card expire tomorrow, but they were unable to guarantee how long this policy would be extended. This seems to indicate I would stand a good chance…

Does anyone know if I am likely to be automatically renewed—or if I should endeavor to collect a few extra points?

Thanks for your advice!