I remember I was discussing with a fellow traveler during the summer about Aegean's promotion back then, which was a 50% or 60% discount for flights around Christmas. I told him to go ahead and buy some tickets if he felt brave enough, because I'd bet we'd be within the 5th wave of the pandemic by then (now). I was hoping to be wrong, but unfortunately for all of us I wasn't.
Anyway, I'm not so sure how Aegean has handled all status holders (especially silver), but I had a lengthy talk with an uncle of mine, who used to be not only a gold member, but also a VIP for a brief period with Aegean (that's not a status you can fly yourself to by the way). He last flew in summer 2019, still as a gold status holder. He wasn't actively pursuing to retain his status, so he/we can only assume, that by the time the pandemic hit Greece and Aegean granted the first 6-month extensions (March 2020), that he had already been demoted to silver. Anyway, long story short he hasn't flown since and he is now blue. Not sure how many of those 6-month, then 12-month and then again 6-month extensions (if any at all) he received...
(edit: my thought process is, that had he maintained gold until March 2020, he'd probably still be gold today. I believe he must have been demoted in November 2019, as he was gold for a long time and probably had the 23/11 renewal date most of the people here also had. But if silvers got the bare minimum, the "6-months-for-all" at first should have kept his solver until May 2021, at which point he should have gotten the 12-month extension and now still be silver. So either he doesn't remember something correctly or Aegean didn't give to silvers what they gave to golds, which is what I believe happened. Anyway he says he has some contacts high up Aegean's ranks from his vip time, but won't bother them until he actually starts flying again.)
Last edited by giorginho; Dec 27, 2021 at 2:31 pm