Originally Posted by
john11111111111
It looks like I'll be at 24,900 tier points for the year, so will miss out on silver by 100 points. Is there an easy way of getting 100 points, could I beg for it, is silver worth it?
As I'm based in Asia, there don't seem to be any short EK flights in the region.
If you write to them, they might just give you status. Several posts here indicate that the system automatically upgrades you if you are a few miles short/ write to them. A member has reported being upgraded to silver when 250 miles short.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/emira...rt-gold-2.html