Well, I expected this and they have delivered. My Gold membership year ends in May. So whether I will be able to re-qualify 2021-2022 is anyone's guess. I've done no travel whatsoever in my current membership year. What happens next will depend on how quickly HKers can travel again which, I imagine, will require immunisation certificates and a Covid travel passport like the one proposed by IATA though this isn't the place to discuss such things. The point is, if we get halfway through 2021 and we're still not able to travel to the degree that will acccrue enough points then they'll almost-certainly do something else like another status extension.