Status Extensions
Apr 20, 2020, 7:38 am
#91
Join Date: May 2013
Location: AVL, WSZ
Programs: Air NZ *GE
Posts: 15
Quick question ... My requal date for Gold is May 30. At this stage I'm 26 SP short. If I hustle and generate those points (probably credit card spend), would my status be extended to May 2022, or would I simply be extended to May 2021 (for which I am extremely grateful, in any case).
Thanks all - the answer didn't jump out at me in this discussion or the T's & C's.
Thanks all - the answer didn't jump out at me in this discussion or the T's & C's.
Apr 20, 2020, 1:15 pm
#92
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 2,643
Quick question ... My requal date for Gold is May 30. At this stage I'm 26 SP short. If I hustle and generate those points (probably credit card spend), would my status be extended to May 2022, or would I simply be extended to May 2021 (for which I am extremely grateful, in any case).
Thanks all - the answer didn't jump out at me in this discussion or the T's & C's.
Thanks all - the answer didn't jump out at me in this discussion or the T's & C's.
Apr 20, 2020, 1:25 pm
#93
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Auckland NZ
Programs: NZ*E
Posts: 106
Actually I see you are Gold not Elite, so I'm not so sure! Perhaps spend up to requalify and then when the heat comes off, argue your case with Airnz if they don't extend.
Last edited by zoovet; Apr 20, 2020 at 1:38 pm
Apr 20, 2020, 3:14 pm
#94
Join Date: May 2013
Location: AVL, WSZ
Programs: Air NZ *GE
Posts: 15
I don't understand this reply as your date is May 2020. My reading of it is that if you get enough Airpoints to requalify for 2020-21 the "banked" year will roll over until you have a year when you don't otherwise qualify.
Actually I see you are Gold not Elite, so I'm not so sure! Perhaps spend up to requalify and then when the heat comes off, argue your case with Airnz if they don't extend.
Actually I see you are Gold not Elite, so I'm not so sure! Perhaps spend up to requalify and then when the heat comes off, argue your case with Airnz if they don't extend.
Jul 31, 2020, 12:30 am
#95
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Sydney, Australia
Programs: NZ*G ELT, VA-G
Posts: 3,597
My status has just been extended for another year after failing to retain it. I still received the new card in the mail despite them saying they wouldn't send a new card earlier in the year.
The status extension is nice but given current circumstances I just don't know how I can retain my status again. I am currently stuck in Australia with no way to earn status in any way. Do you see another extension if borders of both countries remain closed for another 6-12 months which is a real possibility now?
The status extension is nice but given current circumstances I just don't know how I can retain my status again. I am currently stuck in Australia with no way to earn status in any way. Do you see another extension if borders of both countries remain closed for another 6-12 months which is a real possibility now?
Jul 31, 2020, 1:17 am
#96
Join Date: Nov 2012
Programs: NZ GE, QF
Posts: 389
My status has just been extended for another year after failing to retain it. I still received the new card in the mail despite them saying they wouldn't send a new card earlier in the year.
The status extension is nice but given current circumstances I just don't know how I can retain my status again. I am currently stuck in Australia with no way to earn status in any way. Do you see another extension if borders of both countries remain closed for another 6-12 months which is a real possibility now?
The status extension is nice but given current circumstances I just don't know how I can retain my status again. I am currently stuck in Australia with no way to earn status in any way. Do you see another extension if borders of both countries remain closed for another 6-12 months which is a real possibility now?
I am lucky that I was already 4 months into my year before lock-down, so was most of the way to requalification. I'm hoping to scrape through with a few points to spare and not have to use a Banked Year.
Aug 20, 2020, 8:02 pm
#97
Join Date: Jan 2020
Programs: Air NZ *E
Posts: 26
All Elite's simply have a "soft landing" to Gold, rather than losing status entirely. They might not do another status extension since their high value customers will usually have at least one banked year, and the others will just fall to Gold. It would be nice if they did though.
Aug 20, 2020, 8:49 pm
#98
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: bne
Programs: Velocity Gold, AIRNZ Elite, Qantas Silver ,Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,320
All Elite's simply have a "soft landing" to Gold, rather than losing status entirely. They might not do another status extension since their high value customers will usually have at least one banked year, and the others will just fall to Gold. It would be nice if they did though.
It will be good when you get to the 15 years as elite or gold and you can gift your accumulated status from the banked years
Aug 20, 2020, 10:47 pm
#99
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: WLG
Programs: NZ*GE
Posts: 170
[QUOTE=Beano;
It will be good when you get to the 15 years as elite or gold and you can gift your accumulated status from the banked years[/QUOTE]
Have they brought this in as I thought it hadn’t been rolled out yet?
It will be good when you get to the 15 years as elite or gold and you can gift your accumulated status from the banked years[/QUOTE]
Have they brought this in as I thought it hadn’t been rolled out yet?
Aug 21, 2020, 12:42 am
#100
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: bne
Programs: Velocity Gold, AIRNZ Elite, Qantas Silver ,Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,320
Aug 21, 2020, 5:08 pm
#101
Join Date: Dec 2013
Programs: NZ Airpoints GE, Qantas Platinum, Accor Diamond, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 959
I'd be surprised if anyone can qualify for GE this year. I have made over 20 domestic flights since May and have gotten to 260 status points thus far (my anniversary is May). I normally get to banked year earning rate - but earning this year has been pedestrian. And I have earned more airpoints from New World than flying.
Wonder if this could form the basis of a reset for the scheme. I can see the Covid crisis changing many companies' travel behaviour in the short and medium term.
Wonder if this could form the basis of a reset for the scheme. I can see the Covid crisis changing many companies' travel behaviour in the short and medium term.
Aug 21, 2020, 8:42 pm
#102
Join Date: Sep 2017
Programs: Air NZ Koru, Air NZ ELT *G, IHG Spire Ambassador, Emirates, Flying Blue, QANTAS Club
Posts: 423
I'd be surprised if anyone can qualify for GE this year. I have made over 20 domestic flights since May and have gotten to 260 status points thus far (my anniversary is May). I normally get to banked year earning rate - but earning this year has been pedestrian. And I have earned more airpoints from New World than flying.
Wonder if this could form the basis of a reset for the scheme. I can see the Covid crisis changing many companies' travel behaviour in the short and medium term.
Wonder if this could form the basis of a reset for the scheme. I can see the Covid crisis changing many companies' travel behaviour in the short and medium term.
Aug 22, 2020, 12:19 am
#103
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: bne
Programs: Velocity Gold, AIRNZ Elite, Qantas Silver ,Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,320
I'd be surprised if anyone can qualify for GE this year. I have made over 20 domestic flights since May and have gotten to 260 status points thus far (my anniversary is May). I normally get to banked year earning rate - but earning this year has been pedestrian. And I have earned more airpoints from New World than flying.
Wonder if this could form the basis of a reset for the scheme. I can see the Covid crisis changing many companies' travel behaviour in the short and medium term.
Wonder if this could form the basis of a reset for the scheme. I can see the Covid crisis changing many companies' travel behaviour in the short and medium term.
Aug 22, 2020, 4:09 am
#104
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: New Zealand (when I'm home!)
Programs: Air NZ Elite
Posts: 1,218
I will have to use one of my banked years next year because my status ends in early March 2021 and I don't expect to be traveling overseas until Q4 2021, with Q3 a stretch. Its hilarious looking back at my earlier comments and how naive I was.
There will probably be a big flood of Elites once international travel is viable again, with all of the credit!
There will probably be a big flood of Elites once international travel is viable again, with all of the credit!
Last edited by kiwifrequentflyer; Aug 22, 2020 at 4:22 am
Aug 22, 2020, 4:23 am
#105
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: bne
Programs: Velocity Gold, AIRNZ Elite, Qantas Silver ,Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,320
In the good old days one or two flights was enough to reach requalification.
Now we need to do dozens of domestic flights
