Originally Posted by
oliver2002
That is part of the *A CITP, the operating carriers DCS queries the system for status info automatically. When you buy a ticket you give the airline the right to query your personal data from your loyalty program.
For a status match the matching airline would have to do a query completely unrelated to any travel activity. That is not allowed.
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They could put it in to the conditions of the status match that they will query the system. In order to get the status match you give the airline the right to get personal data from the Star Alliance system.