quote:
"it starts at the point you join...and ends on the last day of the month a year later...e.g. if you join say Aug 5, 2001...your membership year would be from that date until Aug 31, 2002...

however, if you reach a higher tier by getting enough points within the membership year, you will be upgraded to the higher tier and your "new" membership year will start at that point and last until the end of the month one year from then..."

so that means that as soon as you earn silver status you start a new membership year and will need to earn a further 60 000 miles to become gold then...that means u really need 90 000 miles to earn gold status...and if that IS the case, then I think that stating that gold status requires 60 000 miles is quite misleading..