Originally Posted by ThatT1Feeling

That's the issue and where BA's email is quite misleading as it seems to promise a 12-month extension for all. However, if you have already qualified with a July year-end, you don't get any further extension. I have had this confirmed by the loyalty team already. Basically, those members with the lowest current TPs but a reasonably high status level will benefit the most from this which seems somewhat counter-intuitive.