Originally Posted by
skywalkerLAX
LAN responded today (4 weeks after my initial message) with the following:
So I answered that our operations in South America are new and therefore I had no reason to fly these routes in 2008.
Oh well, lets wait for the answer. I expect it at the end of February.
Cheers,
S
Okay, for more details, please check my thread:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/other...l#post11146406
I received a reply from a person (not automated ones) exactly AFTER 31 days since my first email to LANPASS:
Dear Mr. brahms77,
We inform you that we have received your request of category match.
Regarding this, we inform you that we have approved your category match to Comodoro (Emerald). Benefit's category will be active in 10 more days.
Thanks for choosing LAN,
LANPASS Service
Note: Names are edited.
So, I got Comodoro, after sending in my UA 1K card scans, PDF copy of my 23 month *A and UA flight activity (from united.com) and a lot of patience.
Status reflected immediately on my online profile.
OW nobody to OW Emerald!!! Boy aren't I excited? Now, my question is whether or not BA and QF will allow me into their F lounges without me having a card...
This also confirms that LANPASS actually carefully studies status match request letters/emails and whether or not the customer requesting is flying on LAN routes, etc. So, when you draft a letter, I suggest that you also write about your plans for LAN flights. I thinking forwarding them with my upcoming LAN and LA coded flights (six long haul in D class) kind of helped (b/c my mailing address is in Korea and there are no LA flights there or even to Asia).