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#967066 by JLM086
30 Sep 2025, 17:34
I'm hoping that someone may be able to help me by confirming if my understanding of the below is correct.

My wife and I have been Virgin Silver members for several years now, and I understand that to retain this status we need to reach 400 tier points before the end of the current year of our membership, which is 28 Feb 2026.

Due to some cancelled travel plans I had accepted that we would lose Silver Tier at the end of this year, but with two UC round trips planned for next year, I figured we would earn the status again before I needed to use the one benefit that I find valuable - the credit card voucher being worth 150k points as opposed to 75k.

However - the first of these two UC round trips we have planned for next year would ideally involve an outbound flight in Feb, and a return flight in March - thereby straddling the end date of our current year of Virgin Silver.

Am I correct in believing that if we were to go ahead with a return flight that straddles our renewal date, the tier points we would earn on the outbound flight would be wiped clean on the 28 Feb when we reach the cut off date without hitting the 400 tier points we need to retain status - and therefore the 100 tier points we earn on the return flight are the only points we will bank towards a future silver membership?

Thanks in advance for any help clarifying the above.
#967070 by mitchja
01 Oct 2025, 16:30
Welcome to V:Flyer :)

Unfortunately you are correct in that your tier points will reset to zero the day after your current membership year runs out. March 1st 2026 in your case.

As a example, my Gold FC account membership year runs until September 30th. Yesterday my account showed >1000 tier points. Today it's now showing zero as my membership has reset for another 12 months.
#967072 by JLM086
02 Oct 2025, 09:58
Thanks for both the welcome and the reply. I figured as much but thought it was worth confirming.

One follow up question if you don't mind - assuming that my status expires at the end of Feb and my tier points reset to zero, and I then earn 200 for a return UC reward booking in March and a further 200 for the same in Sept/Oct, will I then revert to silver status when the tier points from the return leg of the Sept/Oct trip credit to my account, giving me a new membership year of Oct-Oct?

Many thanks!

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