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Join Date: 09-May-2008
Location: Singapore North
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![]() I just confirmed with KF yesterday night. When we first get Elite Silver, what happens is that the qualification period is reset to the month that you first qualified.
Thus, to qualify to Elite Gold for the 1st time, we must then gather 50K miles, on top of the 25K miles which we just got to qualify for ES. In essence, to hit Elite Gold, we need to first hit 25K Elite Miles, before getting another 50K for EG, which equates to 75K Miles within a period of 1 + 1 Qualifying year. Argh. I'm in the same situation as you, and I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be able to qualify for EG now.
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Join Date: 26-Oct-2007
Location: Sydney
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![]() If I am reading what the OP posted correctly then I went through the exact same problem.
After my first trip with SQ I qualified for ES (this was Jan 07) and when I logged in to Krisflyer it said that I had to fly another 50k to qualify. But then when I flew another 25k miles that year I logged in to see that I was in fact an EG and the pack turned up 2 weeks later. The flight I flew to qualify was the inaugural A380 (Oct 07), the expiration date on my EG is now Nov 08 (amusingly enough, I need to fly 35 miles by then to requalify). So as long as you fly the extra 25k before your initial ES expires you are all good. The lesson: Dont believe everything that the computer says.. |
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Anyway, I'll keep you guys informed.
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Join Date: 29-Jan-2008
Location: Tokyo / London
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![]() hmm, I think it was far more straightforward before the new criteria was introduced mid last year. but no matter, we'll find out on sunday what's the position now - so OP, a lot of people are anticipating the update from you. haha.
just a thought: if what Derek says is true, isn't there a weakness in the programme's system? like for e.g. i know i will have a Banzai 12 months ahead where I will clock 50,000 miles. can't I just open a new KF account and credit the miles there, instead of putting the miles into an existing account with lets say 3k miles in there? That way would circumvent the need to hit KF Silver and qualify for KF G with purely 50k rather than 75k. Or alternatively, if your current rolling membership year is unfriendly you can use the above method as well to get a membership year that suits your planned travel. As far as I know you aren't required to furnish passport numbers at enrolment. its optional right? |
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If you take a flight to qualify, most of the miles won't be counted as elite miles (eg if you went SIN to LHR 6761 miles, 35 would be used to qualify you for EG and the rest disguarded).
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Just to make it clear for the OP, this is what happened. - In Nov 06 I booked my first SQ ticket and signed up for a brand new Krisflyer account. Got sent a kit with the blue card inside it. - In Jan 07 I took my flights and qualified for ES, got sent the ES kit (with an expiry date of Feb 08) and when I checked my Krisflyer account online my elite miles had reset to 0 and I had 50k elite miles remaining to qualify for EG. - For the rest of the year I flew 25k miles (IIRC it was 2x SYD - NRT in Y), logged in to Krisflyer and it said I was an EG, the kit arrived (with an expiry date of Nov 08). So in the one year I got the blue, silver and gold cards.. Hope that helps.. ![]() |
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(I don't want to hijack this post, maybe I will start a new thread for this) |
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![]() Bad news guys.
Just arrived in Japan, quickly logged on to check my account and BAM; Thank you for being an Elite Silver Member. Your last login was on 19/5/2008 at 09:36 (GMT+8). Redeemable Miles KrisFlyer Miles: 55032 Qualification Miles Elite Miles : 20,926 PPS Value : S$ 0 still bloody silver |
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![]() Note that it takes 24 to 48 hours to update your status from Silver to Gold - try checking again tomorrow. Also you must have over 50,000 *elite* miles flown in the year since joining Krisflyer to be eligible for *G.
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![]() And you need over 25000 Elite miles, not Krisflyer miles.
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Join Date: 09-May-2008
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![]() I'm hoping you're right. If thats the case, come July I should be EG after my rendezvous with NRT and CDG.
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in any case, i get a sense that we're going to get a definite answer to this long running KF G saga soon. haha. |
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