I thought this would have been simple, but apparently not.
I am a GGL/CCR, with TP year expiry date 8 Mar 2021, and card expiry date 30 April 2021 (per the web site), having gained 5000+ TP by 8 Mar 2020. Since that date I have not flown at all (zero TP).
So what I thought would happen is:
- My GGL/CCR status would be extended an extra year (to 30 April 2022).
- It does not matter for status how many TP I collect until 8 Mar 2021, because I can't go up in status, and my status is extended by an extra year anyway.
- It does matter for GUFs I collect until 8 Mar 2021 and the GUF thresholds are unchanged.
- For the next year (until 8 Mar 2022) the thresholds to renew are reduced by 25%. So to renew CCR/GGL for example I will need to gather 3,750 (75% of 5,000) TP between 9 Mar 2021 and 8 Mar 2022 inclusive.
But then the complications:
- I haven't got the email. Does this not apply to me? (No it's not in spam/junk/whatever)
- Prior to 8 Mar 2020 my expiry date (I can see it on last year's printed card - don't have this year's) was already 8 Mar 2021 (due to the IT fiasco I think) - I'm not sure what it said on the web site. But the web site now says no different to what last year's extended date was. Could the reason be that I have not received the email that my expiry date is actually not between July 2020 and June 2021 (i.e. it already is 30 April 2022)? In that case it seems a bit unfair that I'm not getting the reduction in TP collection threshold!