Join Date: Oct 2019
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The 2/4 Sectors on TAP metal have been a requirement ever since this iteration of TAP's status match promotion began in early July.
There was an earlier 'Birthday' version for TAP's 75th anniversary which ran in March-April. Contemporary reports on FF blogs (amd indeed post 1 of this very thread) of the time reference the 10K/25K miles for extending status but do not mention any 'own metal' requirement so this appears to be a new thing.