(OK, maybe the exclamation point is over the top considering how CO is matching left and right...)

I am an AA Exec Plt home based in FRA.

Goal: Access to *A perks, a natural desire considering I am at Fortress LH.

Sent a request by email to CO at 1425 CET. Included copies of my current AA statement, EXP card as well as name, CO number, phone, address. Included a brief note that I have been considering a *A carrier for some time but none have appealed to me, but with CO joining *A...

2.5 hours later I logged into my CO account and saw I was matched as a PLT.

Not to shabby considering I have never set foot on CO metal.
Last November I was without airline status. Ever. Now I am top tier with 2 airlines^!

Thanks FT!
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Updated 8 OCT 09

My PLT Elite card arrived in the mail today. Exp 2/10. Still has the Skyteam logo. (Hope the *A has an expiration date in 2 11)