I seem to recall seeing a mention of this, but I can't find it. Anyway, since RG is now officially out of *A (it's even gone from the *A website), old Varig *S and *G members can now get a free status match to AC, LH, SA, LX, TP, or UA.
Details are at
http://www.staralliance.com/en/trave...ons/index.html.