I have some good insight about anything on the program that you wish to know, and I guarantee you that it is solid and reliable info. Only thing I ask in exchange is a good reference for lawyer for a possible lawsuit against AA for wrongful termination.
Airlines that are known to not match status:
Aeroflot
Air Canada
Air France
ANA
British Airways - except corporate/revenue based
Emirates
JAL
Lufthansa
Singapore
Programs: SQ, LH SEN, BD*G, BA Gold, EK Gold, NW GE, IC Free Minibar, HH/MR/SPG Gold, Avis CHM, Hertz PC
Posts: 5,693
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Originally Posted by lucky9876coins
Airlines that are known to not match status:
Aeroflot
Air Canada
Air France
ANA
British Airways - except corporate/revenue based Emirates
JAL
Lufthansa
Singapore
Emirates just matched my LH SEN+BA Silver to Skywards Gold through Feb 2011. While logged into my Skywards Blue account, I sent off a query under the subject Skywards Tiers (or something like that) and the match request was forwarded to the London office. Gold kit arrived via Fedex in a couple of weeks. I did tell them who I worked for, and we do use EK as a preferred carrier for shorthaul out of our DXB office, so I don't know whether that made a difference.
It's been about 4 weeks since I faxed my request for a match to NW, and nothing as yet (on-line account still showing as WP general member). What's the best way I should contact them to see where they are in the process?
It's been about 4 weeks since I faxed my request for a match to NW, and nothing as yet (on-line account still showing as WP general member). What's the best way I should contact them to see where they are in the process?
many thanks,
tb
Send them a note via the TTU link on nwa.com. TTU = talk to us. Click contact on the main page and then "Send an e-mail".
Programs: AA Plt, NW Sil, US Sil; BW Dia, PC Plt, HH Gld
Posts: 337
Mixed experiences
For where I fly, my only consistent options are US, UA, DL. Last year, flew US about 42k and got thoroughly fed up with the experience. Thought I would give AA a chance, completed the PLT challenge in the last 3 months of the year. Liked AA a lot but spent too much time on unreliable Eagle flights - and being stuck at ORD trying to get on one at all. Also did some DL/NW flying and thought it was ok, too.
Expecting more travel this year (maybe 100k), I figured the best plan would be to split between UA and DL, making mid-tier on each.
In early January, faxed off a copy of AA statement showing PLT with about 15k EQMs from the year-end challenge, to UA and NW, with a letter explaining flying history and expectations for 2009. Asked for a Gold match on NW and a 1P challenge on UA.
UA offered the challenge but I had a very unexpected blip in travel, with everything pushed back a month, so I ended up short of 15k with no time for mileage run activity. UA refused to extend the deadline, which was fine, but also refused to downshift to a 2P challenge. Their stance is to only offer a challenge to match the status submitted (AA PLT). I'll probably end up qualifying fine on double EQMs anyway but it's annoying to have a few flights as a GM again.
NW was quite another story. I received an e-mail back with a flat denial of a match. Then sent faxes, e-mails, and paper documentation back and forth for three months. Was finally matched to Silver.
Don't want to sound ungrateful but it's frustrating. I was hoping either DL or UA would rise to the top but I'm not in love with either.
Programs: M&M; BD*S; GPP Gold Elite; PC Plat; Hyatt GP Plat
Posts: 242
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Originally Posted by rahularora1
Jet airways status matched Skywards Gold with Jet PLatinum!
Well, this surely is news! I thought Jet were very stringent in not matching status.
What docs did you send? and to whom?
Will they status match *G or only Skywards?
Send them a note via the TTU link on nwa.com. TTU = talk to us. Click contact on the main page and then "Send an e-mail".
Thanks -- did so, and received a reply in 48 hrs. They've matched my BA silver status (OW sapphire) to NW silver -- so a bit of a disappointment. They also offered a gold challenge, with 5 qualifying (i.e. expensive) flights in 90 days. Now, I've often been happy to shell out a bit extra for BA, but not sure if NW is worth it for me...
However, I see this one as a relative freebie, since NW will cease to exist before long and that will still give me opportunity for delta down the road.
When you request a status match from another carrier, does that have any effect on your elite status with your current carrier?
I am doing 2 MR's on AA that will put me at PLT by the end of May. I currently live in the MSP area but will be relocating to DFW. That is why I chose AA.
In the meantime (once I hit PLT on AA) while I am still in MSP I am thinking about trying to get a match on NW. That way if I can not find a decent flight out of MSP on AA for a necessary trip, I would have elite status on NW as a backup.
Status matching will not have an effect on your current (earned) status. With regards to your particular circumstance -- not sure for how much longer NW will be matching status as an independent entity...but it's worth a shot. Note, however, that experiences of myself and others suggest it's quite a drawn out process.
Programs: EK Skywards Gold, Jet Platinum, SPG Platinum
Posts: 131
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Originally Posted by mahajanvikas
Well, this surely is news! I thought Jet were very stringent in not matching status.
What docs did you send? and to whom?
Will they status match *G or only Skywards?
I sent them an initial email requesting a status match (ive only done about 3000miles with jet in the past 4 months or something) to my skywards gold stating that i will be travelling a lot more on Jet flights in the forthcoming months as part of a tourism initiative with some middle eastern countries..
they sent me an email requesting me to scan or fax my skywards gold card - did that, got a call from one of the jet privilege guys saying they will be happy to match me to a gold but without the upgrade vouchers, but i coaxed them into a plat without any upgrade vouchers.. sent email through to jetprivilege@jetairways.com
