Indeed a little tough on long standing DM members but better than nothing!

it seems as though the reserve memberships can only be triggered at the start of 2027 based on the mail I received so if you don’t re-qualify at DM by the end of your current membership year (June 26 for me) you will potentially have 6 months at a lower tier.

Is my understanding correct please? I did read a suggestion that for those memberships expiring mid 2026 the status would be renewed until the start of 2027 even if the requisite number of points hadn’t been accrued but having re-read looks like you would be downgraded.