Yes, his friend seems to be very lucky and got a better experience and outcome. (Able to get the gold status around three week instead of the 28 days per their T&C and seems to get a longer period before the status expired). I’m wondering why *A or SQ could be so inconsistent regarding the status expiry date
I had a trip planned on Christmas day with SQ, and I’ve enquired with both *A and SQ if they could grant me the gold status before my trip, but was told it is processed by the system and they were not able to expedite the process.