Has anyone else tried this, I am a super elite and Star Alliance Gold with Air Canada and have will have silver status with skywards by year end. If I were to get status matched then I would start flying EK instead of Luftansa right away. I love EK but I dont want to travel without beneifts like lounge access. Right now I am going about 1 trip every two months and cr my Aeroplan card. I get double miles and lounge.