How to retain skywards Silver or Gold tier status

How do I retain my Silver or Gold status?

When you earn 25,000 tier Miles on Emirates before your review date, you will retain your skywards Silver status. When you earn 50,000 tier Miles on Emirates before your review date, you will retain your Gold status.

For example:

If it is your first year as a Gold member, we will count back to when you achieved your Gold status and add-up all the tier miles you have flown since then. For example, if you achieve your Gold status on 10 June 2010, your review date will be 30 June 2011. On your review date, we will therefore add up your tier miles earned between 10 June 2010 and 30 June 2011 (excluding the flight which earned you Gold status).

If it is your second or subsequent year as a Gold member, we will count back to your last review date and add-up all the tier miles you have flown since then. Continuing the above example, on your review date of 30 June 2012, we will therefore add up your tier miles earned between 1 July 2011 and 30 June 2012.

If you achieve your Silver status on 10 June 2010, your review date will be 30 June 2011. On your review date, we will therefore add up your tier miles earned between 10 June 2010 and 30 June 2011 (excluding the flight which earned you Silver status). If you are able to earn 25,000 tier Miles between 10 June 2010 and 30 June 2011, you will be able to retain your Silver tier status.

If it is your second or subsequent year as a Silver member, we will count back to your last review date and add-up all the tier miles you have flown since then. Continuing the above example, on your review date of 30 June 2012, we will therefore add up your tier miles earned between 1 July 2011 and 30 June 2012.

What does Skywards mean by ‘up to 13 Months’ to earn and retain a tier?

(a) To earn a higher tier (Blue to Silver, or Silver to Gold) we recognise your tier miles over any consecutive 13-month period. This allows you a full 13-month window to achieve a higher tier. For example:

Tier miles counted from Tier miles counted to Time period
1 January 2009 31 January 2010 13 months
1 February 2009 28 February 2010 13 months
1 March 2009 31 March 2010 13 months
etc ... etc ... 13 months

(b) Upon achieving a higher tier, your status is valid for one year from the month you achieve it. Your review date is set to the end of the same month the following year. This means in your first year, you have between 12 and 13 months to retain your tier, depending on what day of the month you achieve it. For example:

You earn a higher tier Your review date Time period to retain tier status
1 June 2010 30 June 2011 13 months
30 June 2010 30 June 2011 12 months
17 June 2010 30 June 2011 12 months & 14 days

(c) In your second and subsequent years of retaining a tier, you have exactly 12 months to retain your tier, count backing back to your last review date. For example:

Your previous review date Your current review date Time period to retain tier status
30 June 2011 30 June 2012 12 months
31 December 2009 31 December 2010 12 months
31 October 2010 31 October 2011 12 months