I have to do one more status points run in Dec, likely round trip between PVG-HKG-TPE. If the flight from PVG arrives in HKG late (for whatever reasons) and I miss or can never get to gate in time for the TPE flight before gate closes, supposedly there will be flight protection. My question is if my fare is Business Light and if the next available flight only has Business Essential or Flex left, will the protection still allows me to get on this next flight or the protection only allows me to get on flights that still have Business Light available?

Another related question, if their business on all flights are full, and they put me into PEY or EY, will I only get the status points for the PEY/EY. If they do this, I will not have enough status points to requalify for my existing tier and I will have to do additional run before end of Dec.