Originally Posted by salut0

I’m sure this has been answered elsewhere so I apologize but BA’s own FAQ is self-contradictory and I’d really like to be clear about this.

My son had Gold during the status year ending 8 Jan 2025, so it was valid until 28 Feb 2025. On March 1st he dropped to Silver.

His account states that “card expiry” is 28 Feb 2026, which I understand to mean that he’d have Silver until that date.

Let’s assume he takes no extra flights during the “short” collection year, and his re-credited points from the last collection year are 160, so not even enough to requalify him for Silver.

According to the new tier status collection year FAQ, it sounds like his Silver status would be valid until Feb 28th 2026:


However, BA state elsewhere in the same FAQ:

The first paragraph implies that his Silver status will expire as originally planned on 28 Feb 2026

The last paragraph contradicts that and implies that he’ll be downgraded to Bronze on 1 May 2025.

Which is it?