Originally Posted by
Leedsflyer
After many years as UA*G I've decided it's too hard to maintain given much of my travel is not on UA and their miserly PQD on other airlines, especially in biz. So I'm thinking of shifting to TK. I believe I could get a status match from my FB lifetime plat (though not actually flown much on ST recently). Questions:
1) If I don't fly TK within 4 months but do qualify in a regular way (40k miles) then I assume that I would still retain Elite/*G?
2) The anniversary date is 12 months from programme join date, right?
3) Assuming the answer to (2) is in the affirmative, if I credit *A flights from before I join, then do I get any status miles? In which programme year?
4) If join today, am I likley to get a status match (if successful) by Feb 18?
thanks
1- No, during your first year, you could only qualify for Elite Plus with the normal format. For Elite, you would need to meet the 1 TK international flight + 15000 status miles on TK requirement. If you are planning to achieve 40000 miles in one go on partners, don't opt for the status match
2- No, the status collection date has nothing to do with your program joining date. It's based on the date you qualified for your most recent status.
3- Not sure if you could retroclaim miles before joining the program for *A partner flights but you could certainly do it for TK and AnadoluJet flights.
4- Usually they are fast, but YMMV.