Thanks for the feedback, the only reason, my daughter would be looking to status match is because of the merger. Without the merger she would be fine with United Gold Status, which would also allow her to earn miles on US, where most of her travel has been and will be. In hindsight, I wish she had been earning miles in US and not United, but that's water under the bridge.
My daughter is not sure about whether her corporate travel folks can help her or not, guess we'll just send a nice email and see what happens.