Originally Posted by
malibert1
Hello Flyertalk
I have also purchased a very affordable TK ticket in W class in February only to find out afterwards that the mileage credit won't transfer to United as I hoped. I'm flying IAD-CPT, so I will be travelling around 21,000 miles, but likely won't be flying TK for the foreseeable future.
But if I post this 21k mile trip to a M&S account, and then fly 4k more miles in 2014 on United and direct those miles to the M&S account rather than my UA account, I'd achieve Classic Plus status with TK. But how can I turn that status into something useful on United or other Star Alliance flights? Is that what status match is?
Thank you, sorry if this is a basic or misplaced question.
If you keep flying UA you will reach Elite pretty quickly as all cheap UA fares (excluding N, but I'm sure that will be added to the chart soon) earn 100% miles. So it kind of makes sense to continue crediting to TK, as you will reach Elite/Star Gold at 40K. Cheap TK Y fares earn 0% to A3, and most cheap UA fares only earn 50%. So I'd say your best bet is to stick with TK M&S.