Originally Posted by Billman27
The above post is wrong. They are very flexible on giving Tier Status. Recently, my colleague at work was very close to Silver at the end of December 2005. He had scheduled a flight to Zurich in January 2006. He called Emirates and they gave him an email in which he had to write them with his flight details. They granted him Silver Status, but he has to re-qualify fully next year. Give them a call and get the email address.
Regards,
Billman
Thanks for the advice. I'll contact them on my return and plead my case.
If they're accommodating, they've got a repeat customer.