Maintaining Platinum simple explanation please with VA

[PERLHR]

I am but a mere Brit and I must say I am confused with VA FF. I'm sure there are plenty of explanations that perhaps make sense posted somewhere!! Last year at this time I did quite a few VA flights to push to platinum. I notice now that 12 months after said flights my status points have dropped off quite a bit but it still has a review date of April 24 and that according to the App detail I require (unchanged from previous before the status credits seem to drop on my tally), 300 service credits and 2 more flights. I am assuming, simply, that despite reduction in service credits this requirement of 300 plus two flights will remain unchanged until April 24, the review date? It seems an awful coughbersome and confusing FF system!

 

[RooFlyer]

Yes it is. Some related discussion here

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Velocity review date mechanism

 

[Harrison_133]

I am assuming, simply, that despite reduction in service credits this requirement of 300 plus two flights will rain unchanged until April 24, the revue date? It seems an awful coughbersome and confusing FF system!

Yep, you’re right. Any status credits earned in the 12 months up until your review date count towards the 800 SCs required to maintain platinum. They don’t deduct status credits from that counter. Once they’ve been counted towards status retention, they stick.

Status credits themselves expire after 12 months. The ones from Nov 2022 would be expiring around now. They would have been from your previous membership period, not your current one.