Boelen

hey guys..

ive seen some older info about status match.

I was just able to get gold status from delta and from continental. Neither would match my platinum. Delta was easy, cont wanted copy of statement showing miles.

usair doesnt have status match and wants you to pay 200 for each level and its only good for 90 days. so to try out platinum its 600 for 90 days.

i havent heard back from united and nw.

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badah

Seems to me I did get UAL to match AA PLT about 5 years ago, but eventually came back to AA on a PLT challenge. Good luck getting them to match today.

There must be threads on this somewhere in the forum with recent info.

bdemaria

I sent an email copy of my AA statement to United and rec'd comped status in about 4 hours.
It only lasts for a specific period (90 days). I only requested it b/c I thought I would have to fly to PVG on UA b/c of my employer's contract.

tom911

Are you planning on actually flying all these carriers, or just collecting cards? Collective FT wisdom in the past has been that status matches are one time events, so unless you're actually flying all these carriers you might want to wait until you need the status before asking for a match.

tom911

Indeed, there is, with almost 300,000 views.
The Status Match Master Thread

vasantn

1. I'm not sure why you would want status on every airline.

2. AA Platinum = DL Gold. Platinum is the top tier on DL.

Boelen

because i do fly enough and gives me a choice for when AA is too expensive. Like I just booked phx to lax and AA was 1300 for coach and usair was 500 which included booked first class on return. and its direct flight, AA takes me to dfw then back to lax.

Im not collecting status, Ive started a new business and need to fly a lot, I like the flexibility. Some places AA is just too expensive. Anyway, I want to thank the people who have helped me here. I used to pay for first class and it was getting expensive. Because Im very tall and have CMT and muscle disease and also blood clot problems that have cause me 2 heart attacks, i really need the extra room, so thanks again for helping me get platinum and now status on a few other airlines so I have a better chance at fc no matter where i am flying! Its very helpful to my wallet and health. Heck, even if I dont get FC I can get exit which is getting harder to get these days unless u have status.


**please move this to bigger thread.

faloppi

If so, any luck?

I much prefer AA to UA personally, but out of ORD, there are some occasions where UA would be easier due to routing, direct flights.

AA is more reliable in my experience and definitely priced better, but on those few occasions, I wouldn't mind having some status with UA. Thanks.

I would think right now, they would maybe be interested in luring some customers if possible.

DataPlumber

The question may get more responses in the UA forum.

tom911

Yes, to Premier Executive.

tom911

It's already cross-posted there.

brp

Bad OP.

Cheers.

faloppi

Sorry! Should I delete one! I was just taking the advice to post it there!

tom911

Actually, looking at the time stamps it wasn't cross-posted until after DataPlumber made the suggestion, so guess you really can't fault the OP.

mvoight

My company has a status match deal, but I suspect it might be a one time thing, so I plan to save it until I actually need or want to fly UA. I also don't know what UA will give me for EXP status.