Originally Posted by
ThatT1Feeling
The general understanding is that if you have an 8 July end date, then you get Gold to Aug 2021, but have to earn the lower threshold between 9 Jul 2020 and 8 Jul 2021 in order to extend to Aug 2022.
They don't provide an extra year (or even an extra month) and, yes, the email is therefore misleading.
So no benefit then - So 'nothing to make me smile' - cheers BA!