I have sympathy with the OP as I too got shafted by making the mistake of requalifying in my own right for Gold with an August renewal date. I have spent ages complaining to BAEC that they had said in their email that everyone would get an extension and then later moved the goalposts. All this came to nothing, as I knew it would, but I got to have a rant. Anyway, when the Gold upgrade voucher offer came around recently I contacted BAEC and said, politely of course, that they could shove their offer where the sun doesn't shine as the last offer wasn't honoured and so I wasn't about to believe anything they said and that apart from using my remaining FTV's and points, that would be about it for me and BA. They have now offered to look into whether to extend my Gold status again, their suggestion not mine... I'm not hopeful but you never know!