Originally Posted by
jeffsafran
I believe I read at some point that Alaska, (and other airlines), sometimes offer status reciprocity, i.e. if I'm a Platinum flyer on American Airlines, that they would offer me Platinum status on Alaska for the coming term in order to earn my business.
With the changes to American's program, and the increased flight schedule of the Virgin/Alaska merger, I'm very interested in doing this. Only if I can get the reciprocity however. I don't want to fly Alaska sans status for an entire year in order to qualify with them.
Status matches are not common.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/miles...er-thread.html
Rare to be offered at the equivalent level: often 1 level below
Many, like AA, have a status challenge that gets you status with reduced flights/spend over normal.
Airline ffp's tend not to status match from airlines in the same alliance or close ff partners.
But as is the way with frequent flyer programs nothing is black & white.
Oneworld
https://www.oneworld.com/ffp/my-oneworld-tier-status