Originally Posted by
NZguy
With so many things changing, such as the indecipherable status points system, does this soft landing still occur? I am going up to elite in a month or so, but I know that I would be better off turning gold on my next anniversary because I won't be travelling much in the next 12 month.
Yes, regardless of whether you are Elite or Gold you will go down to the next tier status even if you haven't earned any status points e.g Elite will go to Gold and Gold will fall to Silver.