Originally Posted by
BAEC
You could ask TK for status match. I did a few years ago and they gave it pretty quickly. I got Star Alliance GOLD for 2 years and had never flown Star Alliance
Now they have a status challenge more than a status match (See
relevant thread in TK forum); a bit more complicated but always better than starting from scratch. And renewing at 25K/year or 37.5K/2 years is not that difficult, comparing to other FFPs.