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Old Jan 25, 2013 | 4:57 pm
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whimike
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Originally Posted by ukdoctor
2 possibilities

1. Status match with another frequent flier program
2. Lots of trips in J or F in a very short period and then joined skywards and miles added to account(I don't know if this is still possible)

Perhaps whimike can explain
Actually, neither. I started flying Emirates during the crazy sale in December 2011. I bought a ton of F an J tickets ($75k+) and e-mailed EK about getting Gold status since I will be flying them so much. EK USA responded with Gold status before I flew my first flight.

So, I was EK Blue during the few days between me opening an EK account and EK USA making me Gold. However, I have never flown an EK flight being anything other than Gold.
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