Sponsored EBG validity
Jun 3, 2019, 2:33 pm
#1
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Join Date: Oct 2018
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Sponsored EBG validity
I qualified for EBD last year and sponsored my spouse for EBG. Today we got new gold cards which show expiration in 2 years (2021) rather than 1.
I thought diamond status was for 1 year and sponsored gold followed that (and after a year diamond might "soft land" into gold, and sponsored gold ends).
Could someone with more information clarify?
I thought diamond status was for 1 year and sponsored gold followed that (and after a year diamond might "soft land" into gold, and sponsored gold ends).
Could someone with more information clarify?
Jun 3, 2019, 3:01 pm
#2
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: AGH
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In most cases the gifted Gold card is valid for the current qualification year, the next one and 3 months.
so, if your wife has the qualification year April 2019 to March 2020 and you gift the card in May 2019, it’ll be valid until July 2021.
so, if your wife has the qualification year April 2019 to March 2020 and you gift the card in May 2019, it’ll be valid until July 2021.
Jun 4, 2019, 1:19 am
#4
Join Date: Sep 2012
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Just need to make sure to sync up at the qualification period for the receiver... in the same example as above but gifting the Gold card March 2020 instead of May 2019 the validity will also be July 2021... and gifting April 2020 it’ll go to July 2022.
there have been also reports that the Gold card gifted was only valid for 12 month, some say 12+3 months. But at least for me it was always 12+12+3 if gifted in the first month of the qualification period.
there have been also reports that the Gold card gifted was only valid for 12 month, some say 12+3 months. But at least for me it was always 12+12+3 if gifted in the first month of the qualification period.
Jun 4, 2019, 2:00 am
#5
Join Date: Mar 2014
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They change it with no notice, and even if you ask they won't disclose it so just know that you can't be 100% sure.
I knew a person who gifted a card that was valid for 12+12+3 months. A month later I gifted a card to a person with the same qualification period as the previous recipient and that card was valid for 11+3 months...
I knew a person who gifted a card that was valid for 12+12+3 months. A month later I gifted a card to a person with the same qualification period as the previous recipient and that card was valid for 11+3 months...
Jun 4, 2019, 2:59 am
#6
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They change it with no notice, and even if you ask they won't disclose it so just know that you can't be 100% sure.
I knew a person who gifted a card that was valid for 12+12+3 months. A month later I gifted a card to a person with the same qualification period as the previous recipient and that card was valid for 11+3 months...
I knew a person who gifted a card that was valid for 12+12+3 months. A month later I gifted a card to a person with the same qualification period as the previous recipient and that card was valid for 11+3 months...
Jun 4, 2019, 4:03 am
#7
Join Date: Mar 2014
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Are you sure it's not because you gifted the second one in the first month of a new qualification period? As far as I remember if you gift away a gold card in the first 3 months (may 6) the gold card is only valid for current period +3 months, while if you do it after the 3-6 months it's current period + next period + 3 months. This at least fits with the gold card's I've gifted away.
Jun 4, 2019, 9:52 am
#10
Join Date: Mar 2016
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Interesting, because in the past you couldn't receive a gold or silver card in the first 6 months after you created you EB account. But I just saw they have removed that restriction on the basic point purchase, so maybe they have removed it on the gifting card too.