Requalification/status extension 2017
May 9, 2017, 4:18 am
#226
Join Date: May 2006
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To be honest I think this has changed. When I reached Gold in March the threshold was passed with a 3 flight (9,000 miles plus) return trip. My status was upgraded from Silver and the surplus miles (from the 1st of the 3 flights) were actually carried over and added to the miles from the 2nd and 3rd flights (which were on the following day) to go towards the next Gold qualifying year.
Since reaching Gold I haven't flown any Star Alliance flights but as you can see the miles from my previous year have carried over.
I don't think that you need to worry Reifel.
Since reaching Gold I haven't flown any Star Alliance flights but as you can see the miles from my previous year have carried over.
I don't think that you need to worry Reifel.
May 9, 2017, 4:25 am
#227
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Entry 3 is out of sequence but here you can see that, when the system eventually caught up, it registered the status upgrade and the flight that crossed the threshold (entry 5) on the 21st March. All surplus miles, plus miles from flights on the 22nd (entries 1 and 2) have been carried over. ^
May 9, 2017, 5:57 am
#229
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Look upthread!
I meant 'carried over' in the sense that they didn't fall into a black hole between system upgrade, as Knobbgb suggested they might.
I meant 'carried over' in the sense that they didn't fall into a black hole between system upgrade, as Knobbgb suggested they might.
May 9, 2017, 6:00 am
#230
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May 9, 2017, 10:59 am
#231
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May 31, 2017, 1:01 pm
#232
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Yes, I think (and hope for others) that they have changed things.
Entry 3 is out of sequence but here you can see that, when the system eventually caught up, it registered the status upgrade and the flight that crossed the threshold (entry 5) on the 21st March. All surplus miles, plus miles from flights on the 22nd (entries 1 and 2) have been carried over. ^
Entry 3 is out of sequence but here you can see that, when the system eventually caught up, it registered the status upgrade and the flight that crossed the threshold (entry 5) on the 21st March. All surplus miles, plus miles from flights on the 22nd (entries 1 and 2) have been carried over. ^
Jun 1, 2017, 5:22 am
#233
Join Date: Jul 2011
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A law that regulates when somebody gets upped to gold etc? Although we love new laws and changes to existing laws in Greece, I am really confident that there is no such law here. And given that you'd have to challenge them in a Greek law, just keep in mind that you could count with a final decision in about 10-15 years from now: This is real, not in any sense exaggerated!
I can vouch for that --my wife is a Greek attorney and we have many cases from 2005 that have not even made into the courts yet! once they will be in the courts it can take another 8 years
Jun 2, 2017, 7:00 am
#234
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Mad scientists are sometimes ultimately proven right when they overturn long-held conventional wisdom - for example, Copernicus. Perhaps it is therefore time to apply a 'scientific approach' to the GRE number conundrum. The hypothesis has been put forward that the numbering starts anew each year. If so, future renewal numbers this year must all be greater than the last reported figure of GRE 177.
It so happens that I have achieved the requalification mileage today. Let us see what my GRE number turns out to be. My prediction is that the number will be 178 or higher and will probably be in the range 250-300. If so, surely even the sceptical KLOUIS would have to admit that predictive success is the hallmark of good empirical science? Conversely, a GRE figure under 177 would demonstrate that his scepticism is well founded. I will report on the renewal number in due course.
It so happens that I have achieved the requalification mileage today. Let us see what my GRE number turns out to be. My prediction is that the number will be 178 or higher and will probably be in the range 250-300. If so, surely even the sceptical KLOUIS would have to admit that predictive success is the hallmark of good empirical science? Conversely, a GRE figure under 177 would demonstrate that his scepticism is well founded. I will report on the renewal number in due course.
No clue what that means - I'm really just posting this to get a reaction from KLouis
Jun 2, 2017, 10:44 pm
#235
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Η σιωπή μου προς απάντησή σου! Εάν στην ερώτησή σας απάντησα με σιωπή, αυτό σημαίνει ότι είμαι βέβαιος πως θα βρείτε την πιο σωστή απάντηση ερμηνεύοντας αυτήν την σιωπή, παρά ακούγοντας την σωστή απάντησή μου 
Jun 8, 2017, 11:05 am
#236
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My niece has an expiry date of May 23,2017. What does she have to do to get an exp date of November? Otherwise she has to complete all her trips early in the year to keep Gold.
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Jun 8, 2017, 6:41 pm
#237
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Jun 8, 2017, 6:54 pm
#238
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I meant she qualified until May 23,2018. So in order for her exp date to move to Nov instead of May would it be advisable to create a new account?
Jun 8, 2017, 8:28 pm
#239
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A new account is only possible if she closes the previous one, and she'd then have to start from scratch to become Gold plus loose whatever miles she's already booked. But why does she need November as a start/end, I simply don't get it: membership is always based on a 12-month period, so? 
Jun 9, 2017, 5:31 am
#240
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A new account is only possible if she closes the previous one, and she'd then have to start from scratch to become Gold plus loose whatever miles she's already booked. But why does she need November as a start/end, I simply don't get it: membership is always based on a 12-month period, so?