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Old Sep 6, 2017, 8:04 am
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Originally Posted by Bratislava Blade
This compounds the problem actually if it is subsequently back dated to when I qualified, meaning I have silver status for 4-6 weeks but cannot use it. So I lose 1.5 months of status.

Yet they give you 6 weeks extra at the end - the difference between the 9th of the month when your collection year ends and the end of the following month!
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