Originally Posted by
gormless
I'll ask another question as this really confuses me.
My TP year ends November 8th.
I'm currently Gold.
I re-qualified for Gold on 15 August 2023.
That means that I'm Gold until 31 December 2023 (because I already was, and worst case dropping to Silver on 31 Dec 23) and now Gold until 31 Dec 2024. One year. How does this two-year thing work? Or am I losing out because my TP year end is late in the year?
BAEC says "Card Expiry Date 31 Dec 2023" which implies that I'll get boosted a year in December - but not two.
As you requalified for gold during the your tier collection year that runs from 9NOV22 - 8NOV23 that means you will be gold until 31DEC24. You will have to earn 1500 TPs and fly 4 eligible flights between 9NOV23 and 8NOV24 to again requalify for gold.
If you did not earn enough tier points to requalify for gold by 8NOV23 you would drop to silver on 1JAN24. During the time before you drop to silver if you earned 1500 TPs and flew 4 eligible flights you would re-earn gold status. As you are earning gold status in a new tier collection year you earn the status for the rest of that year and the next year. Read this post:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/35435417-post12.html
You are not losing out on anything and the time or month of year your collection year ends has nothing to do with it. There isn't any trick other than letting your status expire and then flying a whole lot in a very short time in your new collection year. Your tier point collection year determines whether you continue at your status (in your case gold) for the next year or if you earn a new higher status (for example, someone who is silver earns 1500 TPs and is immediately promoted to gold and they have that status for the next year).