Originally Posted by
miamiflyer8
statusmatcher.com has some reports on people getting matched to Air New Zealand. Has anyone here succeeded with that?
In my experience you need to have a number of forward bookings with them, and can show you're of potentially high value to them (e.g. a Qantas Platinum wanting to switch to Air NZ, or a high status holder with an airline from another part of the world who is moving to New Zealand).
It's a pretty involved process, taking several emails and phone calls. If successful you might be granted Gold status (rather than Elite) but won't get the upgrade vouchers until you qualify properly.
In short: their status match is very much the exception rather than the rule.