Originally Posted by
VikingXNL
UXP qualification period alignment
This is where I'm slightly less certain. My understanding is that since recently, UXP cycles now align with your regular qualification period once you're Platinum and not the old Jan-Dec calendar year. But documentation is scarce, and I haven't been able to confirm this definitively. If anyone has firsthand experience with how their UXP cycle timing works post-Platinum, I'd love to hear it.
[...]
If you don't mind, I'll incorporate your notes into the UXP engine design doc so the implementation matches how the system behaves in practice rather than how Flying Blue describes it (if any).
Thanks again!
Re: UXP qualification period alignment, this is based on my - very - recent experience of reaching Ultimate. (Last week!)
Throughout 2025, I had the UXP counter saying: Reach 900 UXP before 31 December 2025. The flight that put me over the 900 threshold was on 30 Nov. and I now see: Reach 900 UXP before 30 November 2026 to maintain Ultimate.
None of the trips that I took between my requalification as Platinum on 1 October 2024 and 31 December 2024 were taken into account in the UXP counter that allowed me to reach Ultimate this year, so for me the initial qualification period was 1 January - 31 December and it is only after I reached 900 UXP that the calendar was modified. Maybe some new rules were introduced later in 2025, but they didn't apply to me. Could be something similar to the cap on rollover that was introduced progressively through the course of one year at the end of each qualifying period but this is pure speculation on my end.
No problem to incorporate my notes! Also happy to test it once you integrate the UXP part. On my side I'm still on Excel :-)