Originally Posted by
etiene
I thought the general advice was that the two week grace period could only be used for a TP shortage - but not for an eligible flight shortage…?
No. BAEC has allowed the use of the two week extension (1) to earn the requisite tier points to retain a status level, (2) to earn the requisite tier points to obtain a new status level (this does not include a benefit within the Gold status level, for example, GUFs), or (3) obtain the necessary eligible flights.
For some reports of its use for obtaining the 2 or 4 eligible flights see this post (there are others):
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/28948092-post252.html