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Old Apr 4, 2018, 11:06 am
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Alisonnoonan
 
Join Date: Oct 2016
Programs: Skywards (Gold), Star Alliance (Gold), Turkish Airlines (Elite +)
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Originally Posted by skywardhunter


they clearly say the review date will only be changed if you renew after the 14th month.

Not it sure what rapid deterioration you're seeing, the last major change was introducing free unlimited WiFi for Gold and above for all classes of serv


Changes:
Operational upgrades awarded according to revenue not status.
Prime seats now allocated according to revenue and often not released even for golds.
Neither of these are small things.

So what happens in the 2 months in-between? It means you're not allowed to requalify during that time? Maybe I had misunderstood the rules, but this seems somewhat unfair. I thought the ongoing rolling 13-months for earning a new status was permanent.

Actually their website mentions nothing of the 14-month thing.
It says that as soon as you drop a tier the 13-month rolling qualification will resume. I had used the website rules as the basis for my decisions:
https://www.emirates.com/english/hel...latinum-status

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