Last month I decided to give Emirates a try and booked a big Australia-Europe flight in J on Emirates. There were many legs and the quote was around AUD$14k.

After reading about status matching, I emailed them my Qantas Platinum info (which showed a huge spend in long haul flying, all in J class) and asked if they would consider status matching me. I indicated that, as Dubai would be a convenient stopover between Australia and Europe I would consider doing my european travel with them.

However I didn't even receive a response. Nothing. As I have never flown Emirates this did not give me a good feeling about their customer service.

So I promptly cancelled my $14k ticket and booked on Qantas.

Anyway, above FYI for those wanting to status match. I heard some people have had success but not for me.