Originally Posted by
Chris9642
Hi all,
Having switched all of my long haul flying this year to Virgin I was only able to achieve 515 tier points. My membership year ended 5 days ago - tier points reset etc.... and app/account is still showing Silver with 0 points and when I open tab for 'progress to next tier' it still references Gold with my new year end date in November 2017. Does this mean I have been allowed to maintain silver status despite not achieving 600 tier points or does it simply take a few weeks to filter though and I will find myself dumped down to Bronze in a few days time?
C
As noted by others, you will remain silver until your card expires at the end of December. At that time (unless BAEC has decided to extend your silver membership gratuitously) your account will reflect your demotion to bronze. Part 10 of post 4 of the Guide explains how this process works (it references a gold member losing gold status but the concept is the same):
Lifestyles do change and often without warning. The graph above shows a flying pattern that flatlines four months into the membership year. As the member fails to accrue enough Tier Points to retain Gold status, or even enough to meet the Silver threshold, he drops to Silver at the beginning of the new membership year. With some airline FFPs the member will meet the ground with an unceremonious thump. Fortunately, with the Executive Club you’ll never be demoted more than one tier at the end of a membership year. This is commonly referred to as a soft landing. The Gold benefits are also retained for 7-8 weeks until the Gold card expires and the new Silver card lands on the doorstep.
With no flight activity at all during the second membership year, this member drops to Bronze at the beginning of the subsequent year, again landing softly. Silver benefits are retained until the card expires.
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