Originally Posted by
Jon B
Acid I am in a very similar situation to yourself, and it is certainly not clear what will happen. Retaining and attaining a tier level appearing to have different time periods.
As I understand it to
retain Gold you would have had to have accumulated 40K+ tier miles between 1st Jan 2014 and 31st Dec 2014. Attaining less than this but more than 25K means you would drop to Silver and below 25K just Guest tier. However you still retain your existing status till 31st March 2015 before dropping back.
However as I understanding it
attaining a tier is is the number of Tier Miles in the preceding 12 month rolling period NOT calendar month. Therefore in your case Acid you may have little status when you fly in early May. However then you will attain Gold again which will be valid till the end of the calendar year, then two years plus the bonus three months - so valid till 31st Match 2018!!!
Can this all be correct? Certainly it is my interpretation as found here at the bottom
http://www.etihadguest.com/en/programme/benefits/gold/. Appears far better than just retaining a level.
I will be in a similar situation with Silver.
That is how I read it too. I am in a very similar position, but at a silver level. Due to fares been half the price with EK (for my fixed dates) in the early part of last year, I only made 15K tier miles. So I am expecting to drop to guest on 1st April.
One thing which confuses me is that on the website my status reads:
You have:
14987 Guest Tier Miles
To attain Etihad Guest tier you need:
35013 Guest Tier Miles
How I read this is that I need 35K to get to gold. But this does not make sense, as I have not flown yet this year.
I will be sad to see my silver disappear. I have been silver/gold since 2007. And I have 6 flights coming up in the next 8 weeks which would net me 24K tier miles. Hopefully I can schedule something later in the year to bump me back up.