Good morning,

I am a newbie to M&S so perhaps the question has already been posed. I just received a status match from Turkish Airlines - based on my Skyteam Flying Blue status. They gave me the Gold status, with the following additional info:

• The first 4 months of your Elite membership is considered as the trial period. Within this period, you are required to realize at least one Turkish Airlines international flight in which you gain miles.
• At the end of the trial period, if your membership account includes at least one Turkish Airlines international flight in which you gained miles, your Elite membership is prolonged for 8 months more.(i.e. it remains valid for 1 year in total after the match).
• If you reach 15,000 Status Miles in the international flights you will perform with Turkish Airlines in the first year of your Elite membership, your membership is extended for 1 more year (i.e. it remains valid for 2 years in total after the match).

I have a trip to Bangkok scheduled in February in J, so I the full year Gold status is already within reach. However, I have a question about the 15k "status miles" they refer to in bullet 3. The trip to Bangkok will yield 19k miles according to the details on the TK-website. However, my question is - are these status miles as mentioned in bullet 3 (and will I thus satisfy that criteria pretty soon for a 2nd year of Gold status)? Or, are status miles something different and not the same as the miles mentioned to be earned under the booking details?

Many thanks in advance!

Elger