Moving up a class

Does this apply to you? Only if your federation uses class levels with promotion points. Many events have no class levels at all. Ask your federation or club how it works for you.

A class transfer is when your couple or team moves to a higher class level, for example from class C to class B. It is usually automatic, driven by promotion points. You do not apply for it.

What you need to do: check your class before you register for your next competition. Registering in the class you have already left is the most common mistake.

How it works

  1. Every competition entry earns promotion points, based on your placement.
  2. When the organizer closes the competition, the points are added to your couple’s total in that class.
  3. When the total reaches the class’s points limit, your couple moves to the next class straight away. The move is recorded in your history.

Closing can happen days after the competition. Until then, your points and class do not change.

The full mechanism is on Promotion points.

Points belong to the couple

Promotion points and class belong to the couple or team, not to each dancer. If you start dancing with a new partner, you are a new couple, with no points yet.

In a federation that requires class membership, a new couple can register for the entry-level classes, and is placed in the class when it registers. Higher classes stay closed to it until the federation places the couple there, or its points in the class below allow it to move up. If you think your new couple should start higher, for example because you both danced in a higher class before, ask your federation before you register.

Manual changes

A federation official can correct points, and the federation can move a couple by hand, for example as an approved exception. Both are recorded in your history.

If something looks wrong

What you see What to do
You expected to move up, but have not Check that the competition is closed. If it is, ask your federation to check your points.
Your points are split over two couples A wrong person number on an entry created a duplicate couple. Tell your federation.
Your club and federation disagree about your class Get a confirmed answer from the federation before you register.

Next step

Continue to Renew license when you prepare for the next season.