<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by JohnG:
Not sure about ALL matching, but it has been mentioned on the AA board, by a very relaible source, that AA will discontinue the matching with UA.
I think thye may still match some top tiers on foreign airlines such as BA Gold or similar, but I think for domestic carriers it will no longer be done.</font>
My experience follows. YMMV.
11/18: called AAdvantage Gold Customer Service (I was Gold at the time) and asked for a status match from UA Premier Exec. The CSR gave me the requirements for a match (see email reproduced on page 4 of this thread) and the fax number.
11/19: faxed the materials in
12/20: called to see what was going on, as my status had not updated. I was told that the materials had been received and that they were "under review."
1/6: logged into AA.com and saw that my status had updated to Plat!
NOTE: I had shifted essentially all my flying to AA as of the beginning of October, and racked up about 15 segs. between then and the end of the year. Whether this had any effect on the match I have no idea.