Originally Posted by
CyBeR
Note also that for those three months the qualification levels are slightly lowered due to the somewhat generous XP conversion; to qualify *on* 01apr18 you need only 43 qf (301XP) or 60k level miles (300XP) rather than 60qf/70k.
So, flying 60k miles in the first three months of 2018 would give Gold status until March 2020, and then when the conversion happens on 1st April, a Platinum status until end of March 2019, followed by the soft landing [unless another 300 XPs are obtained] to Gold until end of March 2020.