While I travel a lot, I generally don’t value airline elite status as much as I used to, since the perks aren’t as generous as in the past. The one program I’ve been excited about is Air France-KLM Flying Blue, as I’ve recently earned Platinum status with the program.
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I was the first wave to have experience the restrictive XP roll over (Nov 2024). Per FlyingBlue email, my understanding is that with 680XP, 300XP is used to qualify this year, 300XP to count as one year for Plat for Life, and 80XP to roll over (under the 300XP) restriction.
Unfortunately, it’s 300XP used to qualify this year, 300XP to rollover, and 80XP to forfeit (not multiples of 300XP). Their email communication didn’t explain the method to calculate, only said: during the transition period, your XPs won’t go to waste!
Disappointed
Question: I'm at 585 XPs right now. As of next week, I'll have well over 600 XPs. So...I know I have Plat for next year, but what about 2026? Or is this the year when they simply take away the extra XPs and add a year to the overall count toward lifetime Plat? This is one I've not been able to figure out.
By the sound of it, your current qualification year will end under the new system. If so, 300 XPs will be subtracted from your total XPs for Platinum renewal and 300 XPs will be allowed to roll over. All XPs remaining will be lost. The only thing that comes into play is whether you currently have sufficient UXPs to qualify for Ultimate. To me, Ultimate's incremental benefits are minor. Side thought: Ultimate and Delta 360 should provide reciprocal benefits. Five or so years ago, I suggested to AA and BA that CKs and GGLs be given reciprocal benefits . . . and they implemented it.
Thank you, Fred.
Quick follow up:
Say I end 2024 with 650 XPs.
I have 300 that go to 2025 plat. status.
I have 300 that will rollover and sit there in 2025, but then be applied for plat. status for 2026.
The final 50 go poof.
Is that your understanding?
Thanks again!
FB may be among the more generous programs to earn and retain, but it's also pretty limited in terms of benefits. No upgrades, no domestic SkyClub access, no expanded (other than La Première) or discount awards.
Yes. The information provided by FB was ambiguous, and there was a long debate about it on FT. We then got on the best authority that the calculus is: burn the first 300, roll the next 300 over, and (this year only) give a year credit to Platinum for life for each 300 after that.
The way it works in practice is: a day or two before the end of the month, accounts with 900 or more XP are shaved to below 900, with one year added to the PfL counter per 300 XP (this year only). Then, at the end of the month, 300 XP is deducted for Platinum for the next year (and the PfL counter is incremented). Then, up to 300 is banked for then next year. Everything else (up to 299 XP) is junked.
Next year, any XP above 600 is simply lost.
My year ends this month. I have 1201 XP. I will get two years added to PFL (taking me to 8), qualify for next year (9), and get 300 towards qualification the year after (PfL). I will lose one XP, which could help towards Ultimate, if I had to fly that much.
I miss rollover with Delta so I get the appeal of this but for US-based folks the problem with FB continues to be the lousy domestic XP earn. A roundtrip transcon up front with Delta would earn a paltry 12 XP.
In terms of investing in a non-US carrier's program BAEC doesn't have rollover but earning with AA/AS is a whole lot better, as are reciprocal OneWorld benefits vs. SkyTeam.