Originally Posted by
tcitjh
Now that US Air is dropping all of the JKF/LAS non-stops I neeed to choose another carrier as I hate adding 2 to 3 hours to every trip.
My wife and I have flown over 1,000,000 each for business and pleasure on the AW/US LAS/JFK non-stops over the last 21 years and really love the non-stop service. Although at times, US leaves a lot to be desired in the way of service. I guess I should just say non-stop flights.
Anyway, I have no intention of spending hours in PHL, CLT or PHX when I can I can fly non-stop. At this point Delta looks like the best option. I would like suggestions on how I can convince Delta to "honor" my US Platinum Status and my wife's Gold Status.
I rec'vd a status match from Delta to Gold for my US Airways Chairmans Preferred Status. That was as high as Delta would match.
The work around is to status match with Northwest as they will match "top tier" to "top tier" and then use your NW Platinum Elite Status on Delta. I did this last year and it worked perfectly. Not sure if this loophole is still open or not. I did all of this before they merged the two companies and I'm not sure if they will still do it for you.
I got this idea from a Status Match Thread here on Flyertalk or on the FFocus board. Check those boards to see if there is any more updated information.
ps...Delta takes forever to respond to a status match request. NW matched me within 48 hours of me faxing the information to them.
Good Luck!