Change in UPSA Member Number?

Joined USPSA last year for the first time, and was assigned a number that started with an "A".

This year I just re-upped, but went with the 3-year deal at a reduced price.

When I did this, my member number changed from starting with an "A" to starting with a "TY". The digits following the letters stayed the same.

So what is up with this? Does "A" stand for "Annual" and "TY" stand for "Three Year" or something?

I thought it was odd and always figured that your member number would never change.

egd said:

Yep, That's right.

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Thanks. I still think it is strange that you number would change, but I guess I should just forget about the leading letter(s) and assume that my real number are the digits following.

Thanks guys. As I started looking at the numbers on some Practiscore data, I am starting to see the patterns now.

And here this whole time, I thought that "A" stood for "awesome"!!!

mgmorden said:

Also - little tidbit - the numbers at the back stay the same UNLESS you sign up for a lifetime membership. Then the whole thing changes.

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This all seems so crazy to me. Why do the numbers need to change at all? I assume there is no issue tracking historical data?

I just noticed that the state match that I was signed up for in Practiscore still had my "A" number, so I edited the entry to change it to the "TY" number.