| irstupid said: so if i have say 100 coins now, get 900 next year and say gold is 1000 coins am i a gold member or do i need to get 1000 coins in the same year? |
Okay, here is the deal:
- Elite status is based on how many coins you earn in a Club Nintendo year. New Years Day for Club Nintendo is July 1, so your elite status is based on surveys and registrations you make from July 1 2009 to June 30 2010.
- Spending your coins has no impact on your elite status. Elite status is based on how many coins you earn that year, with no regard to how many you spend.
- Coins earned in previous years have no bearing on your elite status this year. So registering 2000 coins worth of Nintendo products in 2008-2009 will not get you platinum status in 2009-2010.
- Gold elite status comes from earning 300 coins that year. Platinum status requires 600 coins earned that year.
- Coins accumulate, but they expire after two full years, plus the time until the Club Nintendo year rolls over. For example, my earliest coins were registered in December 2008. In December 2010, they will be two years old, so when the Club Nintendo calendar year next rolls over on June 30 2011, they will expire if I don't spend them first.
I hope that covers any questions you may have. If you log in to club.nintendo.com, you can see your elite status next to your name in the left sidebar.
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