Originally Posted by irishguy28

Perhaps the biggest one is one that's not spelled out - by getting to Platinum this year, you'll have Platinum for 2014 (the benefits would actually extend right up to March 31, 2015), and if you take at least one mileage-earning flight in each calendar year, you would get a soft landing to Gold for the year 2015, and a soft landing to Silver for the year 2016. That means you would have Skyteam Elite Plus status right up to March 31, 2016, and Skyteam Elite status right up to March 31, 2017, just on the back of taking at least one mileage earning flight in each calendar year after having qualified for Platinum.