End of Year Level Check
Dec 31, 2007, 12:02 pm
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: BCN
Programs: BA Gold · A3 Gold · DL Gold · VY apologist
Posts: 8,545
End of Year Level Check
This year, as (I believe) in years past, the Generous By Nature folks at FB are going to be granting a bit of wiggle room at the level check.
Members that come within 1000 level miles or 1 qualifying flight of retaining their level will be allowed to do so as an exception.
This does not include anyone that would be climbing levels - only retaining current levels.
Members that come within 1000 level miles or 1 qualifying flight of retaining their level will be allowed to do so as an exception.
This does not include anyone that would be climbing levels - only retaining current levels.
Jan 1, 2008, 2:13 am
#2
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: AMS
Programs: KL/AF FB Plat, Hilton Silver, La Quinta Gold
Posts: 1,159
I thought so, nonetheless I went through all the effort of having my flights credited as originally ticketed after some irrops which would get me just under 70k if I hadn't. Now I'm just over. But I guess one never can count on this. Thanks for the info.
And a happy new year to everyone!
And a happy new year to everyone!
Jan 1, 2008, 9:09 am
#3
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Heraklion, Greece
Posts: 7,565
Just for fun, I checked my account: my flights are already down to zero, but all my status miles from last year are still showing. I wish this were a gift from FB but, alas, I know that their software engineers have a weird logic for almost everything, and that in a day or two (or perhaps tonight), these miles will also disappear. Then, I'll be naked again... 
Jan 1, 2008, 9:33 am
#4
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 186
Just for fun, I checked my account: my flights are already down to zero, but all my status miles from last year are still showing. I wish this were a gift from FB but, alas, I know that their software engineers have a weird logic for almost everything, and that in a day or two (or perhaps tonight), these miles will also disappear. Then, I'll be naked again...
Jan 1, 2008, 3:23 pm
#5
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Paris, FRANCE
Programs: HH Nobody, AF FB Platinum, SIXT Diamond, Hertz PC, Bonvoy Ambassador
Posts: 305
I've checked also my account. This year the carry-over of status flights and status miles was already done.
Nice as thanks to this I'm already qualified for platinum again....
Nice as thanks to this I'm already qualified for platinum again....
Jan 2, 2008, 1:40 am
#6
Join Date: May 2005
Location: EUR
Programs: FB Plat./BA Gold (thanks BD)/A3 *Gold/HH Diamond/A Club Gold
Posts: 918
I need another 3500 Miles to requalify Plat for 2008/9 (should happen Monday).
This is a much nicer way to start the year than with Zeroes everywhere like in '06 and '07
This is a much nicer way to start the year than with Zeroes everywhere like in '06 and '07
Jan 2, 2008, 8:52 am
#8
In Memoriam
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: CDG
Programs: I used to be Plat, but now I'm not. Now I'm just Gold. Lucky if I keep that.
Posts: 4,029
I qualified for plat on the 29th - by the time the miles hit, everything was reset, but at last the right status showed. never got to enjoy viewing how i got it by the skin of my teeth!
Jan 4, 2008, 8:55 pm
#11
Join Date: May 1998
Posts: 6,790
Not usually. In the past, when you were to drop a level you showed the "old" level until your card for the prior year expired (on 1 April of the new year), and at that time you went down to the new level.
In other words, if you qualified for Gold for 2007 (i.e., in 2006), your Gold FB card would be valid through March 31, 2008, and you would continue to show as Gold until that date even if you did not requalify as Gold for 2008. On 1 April 2008 the status that you qualified for for 2008 would show.
That's for folks going down in status. If you were going up, your new status would show when the the flights that earned you the new status posted.
Going up in status posts at once; going down in status posts on 1 April of the year after you failed to requalify.
In other words, if you qualified for Gold for 2007 (i.e., in 2006), your Gold FB card would be valid through March 31, 2008, and you would continue to show as Gold until that date even if you did not requalify as Gold for 2008. On 1 April 2008 the status that you qualified for for 2008 would show.
That's for folks going down in status. If you were going up, your new status would show when the the flights that earned you the new status posted.
Going up in status posts at once; going down in status posts on 1 April of the year after you failed to requalify.
Jan 5, 2008, 4:51 am
#12
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: AMS
Programs: KL/AF FB Plat, Hilton Silver, La Quinta Gold
Posts: 1,159
Will you still be getting the extra bonus miles in the period from Jan 1st March 31st if your dropped a level? Say I dropped from plat to gold, and plat will stay in my account until March 31st, will I get 100% bonus instead of 75% until that day? (Fortunately I DID requalify for plat)
Jan 6, 2008, 2:25 pm
#14
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Ireland
Programs: Flying Blue Elite Plus, *A Gold Elite, American AAdvantage, Marriott Rewards, Hyatt Platinum
Posts: 242
This year, as (I believe) in years past, the Generous By Nature folks at FB are going to be granting a bit of wiggle room at the level check.
Members that come within 1000 level miles or 1 qualifying flight of retaining their level will be allowed to do so as an exception.
This does not include anyone that would be climbing levels - only retaining current levels.
Members that come within 1000 level miles or 1 qualifying flight of retaining their level will be allowed to do so as an exception.
This does not include anyone that would be climbing levels - only retaining current levels.
Has this been confirmed? I am a lowly silver and booked 16 skyteam sectors (15 needed for status) but due to 2 of them being operated by Alaska I did not receive miles or sectors for those 2, though I am still working on this with FB. Staying Silver with 14 sectors (if the issue is not resolved) would be a lot more satisfactory for me than reverting to ivory. Business check-in, extra miles and priority boarding are all treasured facilities!