I remember first seeing this thread about 9 months ago and found it invaluable. After achieving Platinum on AA, I was able to match to Continental, AWA, Frontier, Alaskan, and UA without any issues. I fly all those airlines so I'll probably be able to maintain status on them all going into next year without much problem.

Now, I'm going to be moving to Australia and Qantas tells me they don't match. Anyone else tried with any success?

Does Virgin Blue offer a flying club separate from Virgin Atlantic? I've been a Virgin member for a while (will be flying upper class to London on 80,000 miles in December. A $9,000 ticket for $213.49!!) but didn't see any programs on the Virgin Blue website.