Oct 4, 2014, 8:17 pm
Last edit by: rustykettel
Apply from October 1 2017 for status match thru end of 2018.
JANUARY 2017 AS MATCH UPDATE
AS matches to MVPG75K, MVPG and MVP tiers
Alaskaair.com explanation and terms
Auto-response from [email protected]:
Match to MVP status from:
Ineligible Airline Reply
Ineligible MP Address Reply
JANUARY 2017 AS MATCH UPDATE
AS matches to MVPG75K, MVPG and MVP tiers
Alaskaair.com explanation and terms
Auto-response from [email protected]:
Thank you for your interest in our award winning Mileage Plan. If your request did not include a copy of both sides of your current elite card OR a screenshot of your digital elite membership card and a screen shot of your online account showing your name, current status and YTD miles flown please re-submit. Allow 2-4 weeks for processing once we have received your documents. When your Tier Match is complete, you'll receive a welcome email and can check your status at alaskaair.com/myaccount. Please note that Tier Matches can only be extended once during the life of your account and the status is valid through 12/31/2017. We look forward to welcoming you into our program and flying with you for many years to come! Also note, we only offer a Tier Match for: AeroMexico, Air Canada, American, Delta, Frontier, Hawaiian, Jet Blue, Southwest, United, and Virgin America
Attachments:
- Physical Elite Card (both sides) OR Screenshot of Digital Card
- Screenshot of online account with Name / Status / YTD miles flown
ID no longer required. Actual flying of a certain threshold is OFFICIALLY required for determining level of match. Only one match per lifetime of account.- Physical Elite Card (both sides) OR Screenshot of Digital Card
- Screenshot of online account with Name / Status / YTD miles flown
Match to MVP status from:
Aeromexico Gold
Air Canada Altitude 25K (Prestige) and 35K
American Airlines AAdvantage Gold
Delta Silver Medallion
Frontier Elite
Hawaiian Pualani Gold
JetBlue TrueBlue Mosaic
Southwest A List
United Premier Silver and Premier Associate
Match to MVP Gold status from:Air Canada Altitude 25K (Prestige) and 35K
American Airlines AAdvantage Gold
Delta Silver Medallion
Frontier Elite
Hawaiian Pualani Gold
JetBlue TrueBlue Mosaic
Southwest A List
United Premier Silver and Premier Associate
Aeromexico Platinum
Air Canada Altitude 50K
American Airlines AAdvantage Platinum
Delta Gold Medallion
Hawaiian Pualani Platinum
Southwest A-List Preferred
United Premier Gold
Match to Gold 75K status from:Air Canada Altitude 50K
American Airlines AAdvantage Platinum
Delta Gold Medallion
Hawaiian Pualani Platinum
Southwest A-List Preferred
United Premier Gold
Aeromexico Titanio
Air Canada Altitude 75K and 100K
American Airlines Platinum Pro, AAdvantage Executive Platinum, and ConciergeKey
Delta Platinum Medallion and Diamond Medallion
Southwest Companion Pass and A List Preferred (must hold both)
United Platinum, 1K, and Global Services
Air Canada Altitude 75K and 100K
American Airlines Platinum Pro, AAdvantage Executive Platinum, and ConciergeKey
Delta Platinum Medallion and Diamond Medallion
Southwest Companion Pass and A List Preferred (must hold both)
United Platinum, 1K, and Global Services
Ineligible Airline Reply
"Thank you for your interest in our Tier Match program. While we do appreciate
your anticipated business unfortunately, we do not offer Tier Matches to
members who have elite status with [INSERT INELIGIBLE AIRLINE]."
your anticipated business unfortunately, we do not offer Tier Matches to
members who have elite status with [INSERT INELIGIBLE AIRLINE]."
"Thank you for your interest in our Tier Match program. While we do appreciate
your anticipated business, unfortunately we do not offer Tier Matches to
members who live outside of the Alaska Airlines route structure and therefore
we must decline your request for a Tier Match."
your anticipated business, unfortunately we do not offer Tier Matches to
members who live outside of the Alaska Airlines route structure and therefore
we must decline your request for a Tier Match."
AS Status Match - 2018 and Earlier
Dec 27, 2016, 8:45 pm
#586
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: YYF/YLW
Programs: AA, DL, AS, VA, WS Silver
Posts: 5,951
I've read your Wiki and seen that Cathay Pacific is not listed in the list of airlines that Alaska Airlines status matches from. Does anyone have any success here getting a status match from CX? And would I be a fool for trying? Should I just start at 0 and hit it later this year without the status match? I'd love to hit the ground running immediately but get it if it's a no-go.
In my experience, Alaska is one of the most pleasant airlines in the US to fly without status anyway, so not a big issue to fly them without status (as you've been doing).
Dec 28, 2016, 10:05 am
#587
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Hong Kong
Programs: CX, UA, Shangri-La, Hyatt, Starwood
Posts: 7,708
No experience, but it's not just the wiki. Alaska's web site lists the airlines they match; they're all North American.
In my experience, Alaska is one of the most pleasant airlines in the US to fly without status anyway, so not a big issue to fly them without status (as you've been doing).
In my experience, Alaska is one of the most pleasant airlines in the US to fly without status anyway, so not a big issue to fly them without status (as you've been doing).
and i agree they're definitely a pleasant US carrier to fly w/o status.
Dec 28, 2016, 1:43 pm
#588
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2015
Location: BOS, YVR, ZRH
Programs: *G
Posts: 17,398
Dec 28, 2016, 2:46 pm
#589
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Australia / USA
Programs: AS 100K, UA 1K, VA Platinum, HA Platinum, QF Gold, HH Diamond, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott Gold
Posts: 414
Ineligible Airline Reply
"Thank you for your interest in our Tier Match program. While we do appreciate
your anticipated business unfortunately, we do not offer Tier Matches to
members who have elite status with [INSERT INELIGIBLE AIRLINE]."
your anticipated business unfortunately, we do not offer Tier Matches to
members who have elite status with [INSERT INELIGIBLE AIRLINE]."
"Thank you for your interest in our Tier Match program. While we do appreciate
your anticipated business, unfortunately we do not offer Tier Matches to
members who live outside of the Alaska Airlines route structure and therefore
we must decline your request for a Tier Match."
your anticipated business, unfortunately we do not offer Tier Matches to
members who live outside of the Alaska Airlines route structure and therefore
we must decline your request for a Tier Match."
Dec 28, 2016, 3:56 pm
#590
Moderator: Alaska Mileage Plan
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 12,316
AS needs to add this to its responses:
Limited Tier Match Reply
Limited Tier Match Reply
Thank you for your interest in our Tier Match program. While we do appreciate your anticipated business, unfortunately we do not offer Tier Matches to MVP Gold 75K. We have upgraded your account to MVP Gold elite status.
Dec 28, 2016, 8:02 pm
#591
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: San Francisco area
Programs: AA EXP, Marriott T
Posts: 455
"Does AS still require a copy of ID to match status? In the auto reply, it only mentioned "a copy of both sides of your current elite card and a screen shot of your online account showing your name, current status and YTD miles flown", but not a copy of driver license or passport."
Not for me, I told them I had not kept my EXP or A-List cards, did send them copies of account statements going back 6 months though.
Not for me, I told them I had not kept my EXP or A-List cards, did send them copies of account statements going back 6 months though.
Dec 28, 2016, 8:53 pm
#592
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 1999
Location: Ewa Beach, Hawaii
Posts: 10,909
Why? Do you really think people who fly 100,000 miles on, say, United, will want to be just an MVPG on AS? I really want to know your reasoning for saying it should be a no go for AS to match anyone to 75K. I matched from UA 1K to MVPG75K this year. I am planning on making a complete switch to AS. if they had not given me 75K I very much doubt I would have made the switch. This would have been AS's loss of a customer. So, please,tell me why it is so bad for AS to match people who fly 75K or more on another airline to 75K on AS?
Dec 28, 2016, 9:08 pm
#593
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Pacific Wonderland
Programs: ʙᴏɴᴠo̱ʏ Au, IHG Au, HH Dia, Nexus, Pilot FlyingJ Preferred
Posts: 5,336
Why? Do you really think people who fly 100,000 miles on, say, United, will want to be just an MVPG on AS? I really want to know your reasoning for saying it should be a no go for AS to match anyone to 75K. I matched from UA 1K to MVPG75K this year. I am planning on making a complete switch to AS. if they had not given me 75K I very much doubt I would have made the switch. This would have been AS's loss of a customer. So, please,tell me why it is so bad for AS to match people who fly 75K or more on another airline to 75K on AS?
My personal view is either the match flies enough to retain the status (such as yourself) or they drop, in which case it doesn't matter in the long term. I understand why an airline like AS would offer more generous matches, but I also see why it offends those who earned/maintained their status by flying to have to compete for elite benefits with others who haven't.
Dec 29, 2016, 10:33 am
#594
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 1999
Location: Ewa Beach, Hawaii
Posts: 10,909
Because it's giving away top tier status to anyone who walks in. Does any other airline give out status at the very top on a match? No challenge requirements either.
My personal view is either the match flies enough to retain the status (such as yourself) or they drop, in which case it doesn't matter in the long term. I understand why an airline like AS would offer more generous matches, but I also see why it offends those who earned/maintained their status by flying to have to compete for elite benefits with others who haven't.
My personal view is either the match flies enough to retain the status (such as yourself) or they drop, in which case it doesn't matter in the long term. I understand why an airline like AS would offer more generous matches, but I also see why it offends those who earned/maintained their status by flying to have to compete for elite benefits with others who haven't.
Jan 8, 2017, 1:37 pm
#595
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: North America
Posts: 2,265
I applied on Dec 22 for a status match.
It's been more than two weeks (but only 8 business days with all the holidays.)
Is it common for AS to actually take 2-4 weeks to reply / match?
It's been more than two weeks (but only 8 business days with all the holidays.)
Is it common for AS to actually take 2-4 weeks to reply / match?
Jan 8, 2017, 11:29 pm
#596
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: BOS
Programs: B6/Mosaic/AF/VX/AS Gold Hertz PC HH Dia. AMEX Plat SPG/Marr Gold Nat. EE FPC Plat
Posts: 833
For me it took a second email with the same info indicating I was waiting for reply and a week later, I got my match.
Jan 9, 2017, 8:57 am
#597
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Niwot, CO
Programs: AA XP, BA G, AS 100K, Hyatt G
Posts: 146
Jan 9, 2017, 3:57 pm
#598
Join Date: May 2013
Location: west coast best coast
Programs: TINDER GOLD, STARBUCKS GOLD, COSTCO EXECUTIVE!!
Posts: 3,989
I hear they have a status match queue with just over 1,000 requests.
Jan 9, 2017, 9:45 pm
#599
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 1,774
I emailed them my request 12/27, but haven't had any response yet (almost 2 weeks now)....
Jan 9, 2017, 10:12 pm
#600
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: BOS
Programs: B6/Mosaic/AF/VX/AS Gold Hertz PC HH Dia. AMEX Plat SPG/Marr Gold Nat. EE FPC Plat
Posts: 833