Originally Posted by rharrisuk
I've just discovered that if you're based outside the UK, you only need 400 tier points rather than 600 (I'm at 560 tier points) to gain silver. If I change my EC details to my Vienna address now - will I qualify under the 400 point requirement for this membership year?
I think so. I know for sure that it works that way with LH miles and more. If you change your adress form a german one to a non-german and you still collected more than 100k status miles you'll be SEN right now. And I would assume that it is similar with BA EX.