Originally Posted by
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I thought that for this to occur you had to achieve the status no earlier than 1 March. Are you saying achieving any time in 2018 (as early as 1 January), you get status through 29 February 2020?
I don't know about the challenge. Earning status the regular way (you could earn it Jan 1 with rollover) any time during a year it's good the rest of that year and all of the following year (and a couple of months the year after that).