Originally Posted by
Nevsky
Without knowing conversion ratios, etc., it is very difficult to know what to do. Given the number of months this has been in the works, it would be nice to have more information. It would be great if they would award bonuses for flights between January 1 and January 9 as if you officially had elite status as of January 1.
Not only that, but some of us are elites on other airlines too and trying to decide where to put our loyalty, and, in particular, with flights early in the year.
On January 9th, an email will go out inviting you to link your accounts and automatically offer the status match, but in reality, there is nothing stopping you from joining Mileage Plan and requesting the status match now. AS has been granting matches to VX elites for a while now.
https://www.alaskaair.com/statusmatch
As for "given the number of months", I liken it to when I bought my house as a short sale. The time between the seller accepting my offer, and the bank approving it was 4 months. In between those months, I didn't own the house yet, or know when I was going to get the keys, so its not like I could schedule the movers, or finish packing, or get in the house to measure for drapes or hook up the internet.
I doubt that any "conversion" info is going to be discussed until the two airlines are much closer to the single operating certificate.