Will AB status match?
Mar 29, 2015, 4:55 am
#31
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I'm assuming that when he says it has been successful means that they have seen that a large amount of people who received a match have increased their business with AB.
Mar 30, 2015, 4:55 am
#34
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If that is how he is measuring success (and, to be honest, that is the only measure that should matter), then it is still, perhaps, rather early to judge the campaign a success. None of the people recently matched can yet be said to have displayed a durable switch of loyalty to AB/oneworld/Etihad partners.
Mar 30, 2015, 10:42 am
#35
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: AUH
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If that is how he is measuring success (and, to be honest, that is the only measure that should matter), then it is still, perhaps, rather early to judge the campaign a success. None of the people recently matched can yet be said to have displayed a durable switch of loyalty to AB/oneworld/Etihad partners.
Mar 31, 2015, 8:25 am
#38
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Chicago, IL
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Light speed turnaround!
I just learned about status match, found my TK Gold card that expires today, sent an email to AB, in less than 5 minutes had a response email with approval to AB Gold, logged on AB, saw my updated status.
I just learned about status match, found my TK Gold card that expires today, sent an email to AB, in less than 5 minutes had a response email with approval to AB Gold, logged on AB, saw my updated status.
Mar 31, 2015, 8:28 am
#39
Join Date: Jul 2005
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I was matched to Turkish, had never used them, eventually decided to use them since I was Gold. Liked the experience, and will be open to using them again in the future.
I foresee that I will now use AB.
Mar 31, 2015, 9:10 am
#40
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: NYC
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I flat out asked for AB Platinum even though the site says they don't match to that level. Used my CA Platinum card; I actually waited for my new card before sending off the email (since my old one expires today), but turns out they don't care if it expires today?
Mar 31, 2015, 9:15 am
#41
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You can now add AB gold to your FT profile!
Jul 20, 2015, 10:07 am
#42
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: PHX
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Just got denied for TK match: "This offer is only available for German, Austrian and Swiss members. A Status Match with another oneworld® airline is not possible."
The reference to "oneworld" is weird, but I can't meet the other criteria anyway -- kind of disappointing.
The reference to "oneworld" is weird, but I can't meet the other criteria anyway -- kind of disappointing.
Jul 20, 2015, 10:39 am
#43
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And that's the most basic...status matches almost NEVER match from an alliance member's programme. It would cause ructions within the alliance if they did.
Jul 20, 2015, 10:43 am
#44
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: PHX
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I was commenting on the form letter nature of the denial, given that I didn't try to match to OW, not suggesting that AB should match OW flyers. It was purportedly a a personalized e-mail, but pretty clearly not, was my point. But, the more important part of the message is that TK apparently either no longer works or is iffy for non Swiss, Austrian or German members, and this may be a change or other reports having success with TK.
Jul 21, 2015, 3:07 am
#45
Join Date: Aug 2010
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I was commenting on the form letter nature of the denial, given that I didn't try to match to OW, not suggesting that AB should match OW flyers. It was purportedly a a personalized e-mail, but pretty clearly not, was my point. But, the more important part of the message is that TK apparently either no longer works or is iffy for non Swiss, Austrian or German members, and this may be a change or other reports having success with TK.
Luckily for me it wasnt an isdue but for friends and family more so
life is