Originally Posted by
James1715
Following on from the previous posts..
Apologies if this has been asked before elsewhere, has anyone tried a status match with BA Silver yet? I tried emailing Malev for clarification of the offer but they misunderstood my concern and just pasted the "Fly at a higher level" page.
Essentially BA Silver (Oneworld Sapphire) does not equal to Duna Club Silver (Oneworld Ruby). I didnt want to go to the effort of booking flights etc. just to find out that I have been matched to a lower tier? They should match BA Silver to Duna Club Gold, right?
Not a hope. They only understand like colour for like colour. I have argued that NZ Gold Elite, which is higher than Gold - Gold being the level at which *A Gold is awarded - should be equivalent to Platinum. NZ Gold Elite is the top tier, it confers access to First Class Lounges on the *A network, and other BA Gold-like benefits, but they wouldn't have a bar of it. To them NZ Gold Elite = Malev Gold because they have the same word. Others who have a level named platinum in their programme have been successful with Malev.
Of course, if you have BA Silver (as I do), I'm not sure what extra you'd get from MA Gold, even if they did give it to you.
I wanted MA Platinum for the Partner Gold benefit - something NZ Gold Elite has on NZ metal alone, BA Gold does not have at all, and Malev was offering for the whole One World network. And at 200,000 miles (all of which expire regardless of status) to qualify, I wasn't about to get it any other way.