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If I understand correctly, there are only two elite levels in Skyteam, Elite and Elite Plus. So both Delta Silver Medallion and Gold Medallion are assigned Elite status and only Platinum Medallion is assigned Elite Plus status.
In Oneworld, there is not really a problem, as there are three elite levels in the alliance (Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald).
In Star Alliance, the choice has been made, for instance with Air Canada, but also several others, to assign the top two out of three elite status in the individual carrier's frequent flyer programme to the top alliance elite status :
- Air Canada Prestige is assigned Star Alliance Silver status
- both Air Canada Elite and Super Elite are assigned Star Alliance Gold status.