Originally Posted by
Guy Betsy
Mind you , they recently gave out a bunch of MH Gold card status to CIMB credit card holders in Malaysia, so maybe you can get equivalent status if you apply for the card.
That was sometime ago, it was some sort of a lucky draw or spend above a certain amount. Maybank was also doing it with their business cards.
Apparently one of the conditions for MH joining OneWorld was to end these kind of status gifting without flying. The last of those status gifted would have their status expire in the next few weeks.