Originally Posted by
gr8pirate
I’d be surprised if the status match on your account disqualified you for normal earnings.
Once you’ve accumulated over 40k miles in your first year, you should qualify for Elite the normal way.
There's a data point up-thread suggesting that this isn't the case.
It's as if TK have programmed the system to not allow you to "requalify" the normal way nor "qualify" since you are already some form of Elite.
Elite Plus would be a different matter though I'm guessing.