although "true" earned status is valid until the end of Feb of the following year, status earned via challenge is valid only until the end of the following calander year so if you completed the challenge this year your status will only be valid thru 31 Dec 2016 and not 28 Feb 2017 (Mrs did a gold challenge successfully last year).
Originally Posted by
RogerD408
Unless your T&Cs called for something else (good to read them even if challenge is over) status earned this year should be good through all of next year and February the year after that.