Yes - I was just noting how strange that is, that they match Gulf air gold without any flight statements, but don't match Aegean gold even though I sent them a year's statement with over 40 flights!
The reason why Air Berlin (or any airline for that matter) would status match is because you have elite status with another airline, so obviously you would prefer to fly with that other airline, so in order to encourage you to fly Air Berlin as well, they give you elite status too.
Now if someone shows them that he flies Aegean and other Star alliance flights many times a year, Air Berlin should see that as a challenge, so they should match - but they don't, but suddenly when someone shows them a Gulf air gold card, even without proof of any flights, they match it (when they could assume that maybe he got it as a special promotion or because of a credit card etc.).
And besides, the Aegean destinations are much more similar to the Air Berlin destinations, which Air Berlin should see as a challenge, and give matches to Aegean gold customers who will prefer to fly Aegean (or other Star Alliance members) and get 4 free upgrades a year when flying Aegean, etc. whereas Gulf air who are based in Bahrain - their destinations is far less similar to Air Berlin in order to be seen a challenge to Air Berlin.
So, why Air Berlin give matches for Gulf Air gold and not Aegean gold just baffles me!
(Unless I am mistaken, and there are other motives for giving status matches - but I can't think of any - what would those be?)