Originally Posted by
leeky
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).
I'm sure that may have been the case for your wife. But we have no idea if OP was on the same challenge with the same terms. Only by reading what was in effect at the time of the OP's challenge will he know for sure what to expect.