SAS | EuroBonus Lifetime Gold (EBG - LTG) [Experiences and Discussions]
Mar 19, 2018, 4:15 pm
#31
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: RIX
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Got the e-mail too. It is a big surprise to me. I'm not EBG for some 5 years anymore. I have been an EBG for more than 10 years in a row previously. I am significantly younger than 50. Change of rules or accidental luck?
Mar 19, 2018, 5:17 pm
#32
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Change of rules. 10 consecutive years. No age limit
Mar 20, 2018, 12:54 am
#34
Join Date: May 2015
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What about someone who has been Gold since 2009, then once Diamond in 2015 and then dropped to Silver, then requalified, would this then not count towards LTG since the Gold years were not consecutive?
Mar 20, 2018, 3:02 am
#35
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Second, if you have a year starting as silver, I would expect that to be a break, and the count starts from zero. Even if you requalified as gold during that year. But to be honest, until SK publishes the details we will not know that.
Mar 20, 2018, 3:16 am
#36
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If you first qualified for gold in the period starting in 2009, you are not 10 years until you reach gold in your qualifying year starting in 2018. That's one.
Second, if you have a year starting as silver, I would expect that to be a break, and the count starts from zero. Even if you requalified as gold during that year. But to be honest, until SK publishes the details we will not know that.
Second, if you have a year starting as silver, I would expect that to be a break, and the count starts from zero. Even if you requalified as gold during that year. But to be honest, until SK publishes the details we will not know that.
Mar 20, 2018, 3:22 am
#37
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They want to limit the number of life time golds, and thus they will be very strict on the 10 year consecutive. I.e. your silver start sets you back to square one.
The cost of giving life time gold, compared to the potential incremental revenues that the loyalty brings means they are less strict, and as long as you qualified during the year they'll count it.
I can see pros and cons for both so I am looking forward to understanding what road SK is taking.
Mar 20, 2018, 6:28 am
#39
Join Date: May 2015
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I am sure 5*EBD counts as 5 years of the requirement. 
But as SK gold is super easy to earn with long haul flying, and there is no minimum SK flight required keeping SK Gold in other regions is not that much of a challenge. I keep it with the few random flights that I can't cover by oneworld.
But as SK gold is super easy to earn with long haul flying, and there is no minimum SK flight required keeping SK Gold in other regions is not that much of a challenge. I keep it with the few random flights that I can't cover by oneworld.
Mar 20, 2018, 6:43 am
#40
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I am fairly sure I did not write that One year of Diamond counts as one year if gold. If you have used the soft landing from Diamond to Gold, it seems that year counts as well based on reports.
Mar 23, 2018, 1:35 am
#42
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: CPH
Programs: SK Diamond (*G), HH Gold
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Mar 23, 2018, 4:16 am
#43
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: AGH
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Just hope they don't take the "every time you choose SAS" too serious and castrate the Life Time Gold from being a *A Gold, to an exclusive EuroBonus Gold which is not recognized by *A partners. This is what I would do to control costs of the program... and the words for that are already in the letter
Mar 23, 2018, 5:52 am
#44
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Just hope they don't take the "every time you choose SAS" too serious and castrate the Life Time Gold from being a *A Gold, to an exclusive EuroBonus Gold which is not recognized by *A partners. This is what I would do to control costs of the program... and the words for that are already in the letter
We have to wait for someone currently not gold getting a new card and reporting what is printed on it. Or the website being fully updated
Mar 23, 2018, 8:08 am
#45
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: CPH
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Nice spotted. But then again. What else should they write? That is the only thing they can guarantee at present time. They could have written "..SAS and it's Star Alliance Partners" but who knows if SAS is still a member in 10, 15 or 20 years from now? This is classic communication which has been past the legal advisor. I would be surprised if the LTG is limited to SAS only but if it is, I would still be happy. This is an extra perk, not something we were ever entitled to when we joined to program.