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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Minneapolis: DL DM charter 2.3MM
Programs: A3*Gold, SPG Plat, HyattDiamond, MarriottPP, LHW exAccess, ICI, Raffles Amb, NW PE MM, TWA Gold MM
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It sounds like your FF number was changed when you entered the lounge and the TK number helped you to get the OPUP. Now having received benefits due to your TK status, you want to send the miles to another program. Some airlines don't like this. In fact, I suspect that if you had asked to change the FF number back at the gate, you might have been downgraded.