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Dec 20, 2025 | 8:05 pm

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yorkboy24

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Originally Posted by simonjp

Thank you for the additional detail. Sadly, I thought that the status earning and upgrades-without-reset would start in January 2026, with SP earned in 2026 counting towards 2027 [as well].
I can select 300 SP if i pick just individual sectors in a non-chronological order. If I was to claim them all in together, and CX processed them in their own order, my status point reset would lose me some points (e.g. if I did 75+75+70+45+60, I get 330, and would lose the 30 points). The final question was to see if CX processes in order of submission, or something else more random. If more random, I would need to ensure that the 300 is triggered first, so that they don't credit in an order that would lose points. the 75s are CX and would go first anyhow.

In short, seems cherry-picking would work and I can avoid losing if I submit and wait for it to clear. It might just take a little longer.

Good luck to CX admin staff with all these retro claims come January.

75+75+70+45+60 = 325, not 330

As said above, unless you include the one with 20 to make it exactly 300, you’ll lose anything over 300, whichever combination / whatever sequence you retroclaim in. I don’t really understand your question. You basically have to wait until the 300 has been credited in 2026 until you fly again with your number attached. Remove your FFP from all the sectors (it’s risky if you’re selective and keep the number attached as may stick to subsequent sectors) and just submit the boarding passes after the flights according to the sectors you want to claim. I don’t think anyone knows for sure about the order they’ll process them in but as I said, you’ll need to wait until exactly 300 have credited before flying with your FFP attached.

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