Does "Member Since" reset when changing to a different plan?

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This is very important question for bragging rights if you have had membership for a long time and my mate is afraid to ask, I want to help him so here is the question:

When chess.com player has a membership, be it Gold, Platinum or Diamond, their profile will show this colored "ribbon" which reads "gold GOLD MEMBER Since Apr 12, 2021" or "diamond DIAMOND MEMBER Since Aug 20, 2023" etc.

Does the "since date" reset when changing membership tier? Does it matter if it's upgrade (gold to platinum for example) or downgrade (diamond to platinum for example)? Or does any kind of membership count, so it will never reset as long as you have contiguous active membership even if you change to different plan?

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miukuu wrote:

This is very important question for bragging rights if you have had membership for a long time and my mate is afraid to ask, I want to help him so here is the question:

When chess.com player has a membership, be it Gold, Platinum or Diamond, their profile will show this colored "ribbon" which reads " GOLD MEMBER Since Apr 12, 2021" or " DIAMOND MEMBER Since Aug 20, 2023" etc.

Does the "since date" reset when changing membership tier? Does it matter if it's upgrade (gold to platinum for example) or downgrade (diamond to platinum for example)? Or does any kind of membership count, so it will never reset as long as you have contiguous active membership even if you change to different plan?

That date will be equal to your first premium membership purchase, even if you let it lapse for a long time and get a new one later.

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Martin_Stahl wrote:
miukuu wrote:

This is very important question for bragging rights if you have had membership for a long time and my mate is afraid to ask, I want to help him so here is the question:

When chess.com player has a membership, be it Gold, Platinum or Diamond, their profile will show this colored "ribbon" which reads " GOLD MEMBER Since Apr 12, 2021" or " DIAMOND MEMBER Since Aug 20, 2023" etc.

Does the "since date" reset when changing membership tier? Does it matter if it's upgrade (gold to platinum for example) or downgrade (diamond to platinum for example)? Or does any kind of membership count, so it will never reset as long as you have contiguous active membership even if you change to different plan?

That date will be equal to your first premium membership purchase, even if you let it lapse for a long time and get a new one later.

Oh, I did not expect it to work like that, interesting. Thank you!