Originally Posted by graraps
What's the problem if they don't?
Seriously, you need only 45k to get top status on AF. In real terms this is less than two longhaul biz roundtrips, or about three in Y. It's not like it will take you an awful lot of time to build it up!
a) cos I would like the benefits the first time I book and fly, not a few months later after I have 'earned' it !
the whole point of trying to get comp'ed is that i have done the 'hard work' to get status in other airlines/networks and am trying to use this to 'jump the queue' on other airlines !
This is such a common practice that there is a Thread on the subject on this site that now runs for more than 18 pages !
b) the main thing, which i share with you all but won't tell the airline in question of course, is that I want this status so I can get benefits I doubt very much that I
am actually going to earn - i.e. there is no way I will be flying enough to re-earn QF Plat. (which requires a tremendous amount of travel), BMI Gold
AND a SkyTeam top tier, so this year I will be re-earning my longstanding QF and BMI statuses.
BUT, I will also be taking at least 3-5 short and medium haul flights in the next year with SkyTeam airlines in Y for personal trips (on KLM, Czech and possibly on Alitalia and/or a US carrier too) so this would be a good year for me to have SkyTeam top tier benefits too.
Lounge access, and an upgrade etc too, on these limited flights I will be taking would thus be very nice ! Gold on one of these airlines is thus not that useful to me, it would seem, as it does not get me lounge access etc when flying other SkyTeam carriers.
So, now that you see my situation and needs... will KL (or any other SkyTeam airline) comp. me top tier status ?!?