Hi all, just want to sanity check something.

My quest to LTG got an unexpected boost by the 2x points offering. I’m very pleased to say I’m now at 46k points and just received the “Welcome to LTG” email from SAS, and I haven’t even done the return trip of my mileage run/vacation yet. By my calculations, I’ll be at just over 80k points in a couple of days, with my membership year (and current EBD status) set to expire on 31/1.

When I log into the SAS website, I suddenly see that about 90k points are set to expire on 31/1; I’ve never had points expire in the past (having always re-qualified for EBD), and I sort of assumed that my entire points balance would be given 5 years of life when my EBD membership expires, but apparently this is not the case.

Anyway, the FAQ says that there is a campaign until 31/1 where 1,000 basic points can be bought for 5,000 extra points. So to me it seems a no-brainer to spend 50,000 extra points to get to EBD and prevent 90,000 points from expiring. Am I missing something here?

I’ve never purchased basic points before, so not sure of the process. Can I select a tranche of my oldest points - the ones due to expire - for this?

Also, when I log into the EuroBonus Shop, I don’t see the option to buy basic points. The headline says “Transfer Extra points, or buy Extra points or the missing Basic points you need.”, but I only see options for buying extra points and transferring extra points. Has anyone bought basic points recently and can confirm that this should work? Will I need to call customer service?

Cheers.