Originally Posted by
WilcoRoger
To maximize the Gold period for the recepient - don't gift the card before she has an actual flight. Her tracking period will reset on gifting, so why waste the status on months when there are no flights.
Yes, you are absolutely right. But here it doesn't really make a big difference, since the second Gold gift will expire only a month later (based on my tracking period), so I'll have to gift it pretty quickly.