SkyTeam - Easier status match for skyteam

Ill be flying in KLM, and have no status on FD or Skyteam, i think if i can get status on sky team, i will have privileges with KLM. Which would be the easiest or best status match for Skyteam airlines?

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Ill be flying in KLM, and have no status on FD or Skyteam, i think if i can get status on sky team, i will have privileges with KLM. Which would be the easiest or best status match for Skyteam airlines?

Status matches tend to be "once per lifetime" (yours or the life of the program). You should treat them as such.

Are you going to be flying KLM sufficiently that you'd expect to requalify?

What fares classes are you going to be booking in (J/F or deep discount coach)? Depending on the program, you'll be better positioned to earn miles for your travel. (I believe DL is a bit more generous about awarding miles to discounted Y fares than KL/AF is, for example.)

Also, KL/AF's FFP is called Flying Blue, FB.
I would like to emphasize that your booking classes do matter. Also it will be relevant to know what you would like to do with your miles.
Finally, Flying Blue normally do not do status matches. If this is important for you, you should choose a different program.

Ill be flying in KLM, and have no status on FD or Skyteam, i think if i can get status on sky team, i will have privileges with KLM. Which would be the easiest or best status match for Skyteam airlines?

USA based airlines are friendlier to status matches. Try DL if you have top status on competing airlines. They may need copies of your current top tier membership card and recent activity statements.

SKYTEAM apears to be unwilling to status match. I tried it with CI ( on the basis of SQ TPP, QF Platinum, TG Gold ) and the answer was unequivocally NO. They would not consider anything above entry level. I was quite happy to give up SQ or TG for status with CI....but simply uninterested.

USA based airlines are friendlier to status matches. Try DL if you have top status on competing airlines. They may need copies of your current top tier membership card and recent activity statements.

Some rules of thumb (exceptions apply):
Status matches are primarily a US thing and normally do not happen within an alliance (because airlines within an alliance compete to a lesser extent; I have heard of exceptions though.)
Within Europe, the big three, AFAIK do not status match on a standard basis, only during some promotional periods (BA versus BD might be an exception). Smaller European airlines are more open to status matches. Also in Europe it holds that status matches within an alliance rarely happen, if at all.
Whether status matches are common with Asian airlines, I do not know. I tend to think it's not really high on their list of priorities.

yesterday i send an email to dl with my AA plat summary, i had no response yet.

SKYTEAM apears to be unwilling to status match. I tried it with CI ( on the basis of SQ TPP, QF Platinum, TG Gold ) and the answer was unequivocally NO....

CI is based in Taiwan. You need to try with a USA based airlines.@:-)

I might need to have a think about this soon also. My usual *A flight schedules don't suit anymore so I may need to fly Air France. Fares will be in paid business so need to find a program with good burn rather than quick status as I will have lounge access anyway.