Jul 8, 2015, 1:14 pm
Last edit by: Air Rarotonga
July 8, 2015
added the actual link
http://www.alitalia.com/gb_en/millem...tus-match.html
Update summary from nufnuf77:
The status update currently seems to take about 15-20 calendar days. No email is sent immediately upon upgrade, but one may be received later (within a week or so). One has to visit the MilleMiglia site and look at one's card displayed under profile. The upgrades are probably processed externally to Alitalia, as neither Freccia Alata Plus line knew anything about it and one member received and email back from external processing team.
Physical card and upgrade voucher code to give status to someone else - 'Freccia Alata for you' are reported to arrive approx 5-10 days after the upgrade has been processed, depending on your postal address.
The coucher for 'Freccia Alata forYou' arrives in the welcome pack and has instructions and rules on how you can use this unique code to upgrade a family member/friend to Freccia Alata status for free. Can only be used once and the person receiving cannot be changed after it is applied.
The 'Business for you' upgrade (4x) is available from the moment one's status shows as Freccia Alata Plus. These 4 upgrade vouchers can be used for oneself or any other nominated person, and can be used by phoning the call centre. To upgrade, the original flight must be booked in P(Classica Plus) or Y, B, M and H(Classica). Upgrade inventory needed seems to be 'Z' class for business and 'A' class for Classica Plus.
It costs: 1 voucher to upgrade P-->Z(Business);
1 voucher for Y/B/M/H-->A(Classica Plus);
2 vouchers to upgrade Y/B/H/M-->Z(Business).
The new expiry date (March 2016 or 2017) will depend on your current status/card submitted, as per this quote from Alitalia:
Matching tiers
Silver level - Ulisse Club
Gold level - Freccia Alata Club <-- Star Alliance Gold
Platinum level - Freccia Alata Plus Club <-- OW Emerald or AA EXP (?)
Successful matches - Please post here any match received, including the status with the original airline, and which status matched to with Alitalia. If the match is already listed, please do not list again. If matched from a status listed to a different status in Millimeglia, post here. Format as below in Alphabetical order:
AA Executive Platinum/One World Emerald - Freccia Alata Plus Club
AA Platinum/One World Saphire - Freccia Alata Club
Air Berlin Gold/One World Sapphire - Freccia Alata Club
BA Gold/One World Emerald - Freccia Alata Plus Club
BA Silver/One World Sapphire - Freccia Alata Club
CX Gold/One World Sapphire - Freccia Alata Club
Etihad Gold - Freccia Alata Club
Gulf Air Gold- Freccia Alata Club
Lufthansa Senator/Star Alliance Gold - Freccia Alata Club
MH Gold/One World Sapphire - Freccia Alata Club
Royal Jordanian Platinum/One World Emerald - Freccia Alata Plus Club
SAS Eurobonus Diamond/Star Alliance Gold - Freccia Alata Plus Club
Turkish Airlines Elite/Star Alliance Gold - Freccia Alata Club
Turkish Airlines Elite Plus/Star Alliance Gold - Freccia Alata Plus Club
Singapore Airlines Krisflyer Gold/Star Alliance Gold - Freccia Alata Club
United Airlines Mileage Plus 1K/Star Alliance Gold - Freccia Alata Plus Club
Qantas Platinun/oneworld Emerald - Freccia Alata Plus
added the actual link
http://www.alitalia.com/gb_en/millem...tus-match.html
Update summary from nufnuf77:
The status update currently seems to take about 15-20 calendar days. No email is sent immediately upon upgrade, but one may be received later (within a week or so). One has to visit the MilleMiglia site and look at one's card displayed under profile. The upgrades are probably processed externally to Alitalia, as neither Freccia Alata Plus line knew anything about it and one member received and email back from external processing team.
Physical card and upgrade voucher code to give status to someone else - 'Freccia Alata for you' are reported to arrive approx 5-10 days after the upgrade has been processed, depending on your postal address.
The coucher for 'Freccia Alata forYou' arrives in the welcome pack and has instructions and rules on how you can use this unique code to upgrade a family member/friend to Freccia Alata status for free. Can only be used once and the person receiving cannot be changed after it is applied.
The 'Business for you' upgrade (4x) is available from the moment one's status shows as Freccia Alata Plus. These 4 upgrade vouchers can be used for oneself or any other nominated person, and can be used by phoning the call centre. To upgrade, the original flight must be booked in P(Classica Plus) or Y, B, M and H(Classica). Upgrade inventory needed seems to be 'Z' class for business and 'A' class for Classica Plus.
It costs: 1 voucher to upgrade P-->Z(Business);
1 voucher for Y/B/M/H-->A(Classica Plus);
2 vouchers to upgrade Y/B/H/M-->Z(Business).
The new expiry date (March 2016 or 2017) will depend on your current status/card submitted, as per this quote from Alitalia:
The new, recognized status will be valid until March 31, 2016. If the status in the existing Frequent Flyer Program expires after March 31, 2016, the equivalent status recognized within the MilleMiglia Program will be valid until March 31, 2017. In no case will lifetime cards be issued.
Silver level - Ulisse Club
Gold level - Freccia Alata Club <-- Star Alliance Gold
Platinum level - Freccia Alata Plus Club <-- OW Emerald or AA EXP (?)
Successful matches - Please post here any match received, including the status with the original airline, and which status matched to with Alitalia. If the match is already listed, please do not list again. If matched from a status listed to a different status in Millimeglia, post here. Format as below in Alphabetical order:
AA Executive Platinum/One World Emerald - Freccia Alata Plus Club
AA Platinum/One World Saphire - Freccia Alata Club
Air Berlin Gold/One World Sapphire - Freccia Alata Club
BA Gold/One World Emerald - Freccia Alata Plus Club
BA Silver/One World Sapphire - Freccia Alata Club
CX Gold/One World Sapphire - Freccia Alata Club
Etihad Gold - Freccia Alata Club
Gulf Air Gold- Freccia Alata Club
Lufthansa Senator/Star Alliance Gold - Freccia Alata Club
MH Gold/One World Sapphire - Freccia Alata Club
Royal Jordanian Platinum/One World Emerald - Freccia Alata Plus Club
SAS Eurobonus Diamond/Star Alliance Gold - Freccia Alata Plus Club
Turkish Airlines Elite/Star Alliance Gold - Freccia Alata Club
Turkish Airlines Elite Plus/Star Alliance Gold - Freccia Alata Plus Club
Singapore Airlines Krisflyer Gold/Star Alliance Gold - Freccia Alata Club
United Airlines Mileage Plus 1K/Star Alliance Gold - Freccia Alata Plus Club
Qantas Platinun/oneworld Emerald - Freccia Alata Plus
MilleMiglia Status Match?
Jul 21, 2015, 7:27 am
#241
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thanks. The guy a few posts up who went from BA Gold -> Freccia Alata was really hard done by!
I have heard nothing and seen no changes to my account, almost 3 weeks after requesting a match from AB Gold. I am worried that they are excluding Etihad Partners from consideration, despite this not being part of the published T&Cs,
I have heard nothing and seen no changes to my account, almost 3 weeks after requesting a match from AB Gold. I am worried that they are excluding Etihad Partners from consideration, despite this not being part of the published T&Cs,
Jul 21, 2015, 8:21 am
#242
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Sheffield, UK
Programs: BA - Silver,Hilton-Diamond, IHG - PlatAmb, GHA - Plat
Posts: 766
thanks. The guy a few posts up who went from BA Gold -> Freccia Alata was really hard done by!
I have heard nothing and seen no changes to my account, almost 3 weeks after requesting a match from AB Gold. I am worried that they are excluding Etihad Partners from consideration, despite this not being part of the published T&Cs,
I have heard nothing and seen no changes to my account, almost 3 weeks after requesting a match from AB Gold. I am worried that they are excluding Etihad Partners from consideration, despite this not being part of the published T&Cs,
Jul 21, 2015, 8:50 am
#243
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: YVR
Programs: TK Gold, Alitalia Gold, AB Gold, MPC, SPG Gold, IHG, Marriott Silvr, BW Plat, AA, BA, JP
Posts: 244
Jul 21, 2015, 9:02 am
#244
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Netherlands
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However, what BA terms "Gold" is pretty much what should be termed "Platinum" in the Alitalia view of things [in your case, they seem to have insisted that a Concorde Room Card would be the "Platinum"!]. They appear to have applied this discretion in every other reported case...but going by the letter of the law, you got what you signed up for.
Just hope that the person reading your email is aware that they appear to be generally applying discretion when it comes to BAEC requests...
Jul 21, 2015, 11:17 am
#245
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Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: London
Programs: Hilton, IHG - BA, GA, LH, QR, SV, TK
Posts: 17,008
Now, if I understand things correctly I need to earn 80K miles on AZ and friends before the end of next March, or it's back to oblivion. Is there any requirement for Alitalia metal?
Jul 21, 2015, 1:45 pm
#246
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: SJJ/AMS
Posts: 4,647
No. If there were any, unless you live in Italy or regularly fly LON-LIN/FCO in business class, it would be pretty much mission impossible [to re-qualify]. In the good-old-days (with a couple of daily services from MAN and even from BHX, adding up to a decent European-North/South American network), it was definitely an easier task!
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Jul 21, 2015, 2:16 pm
#248
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Seat 1L these days :)
Programs: AF Platinum/AY LUMO/SK EBG/baEC S/HYATT Globalist/MR LTP/A3 *G/HH Dia/IHG plat
Posts: 7,961
Well, the thing is, they can come back and say "the T&Cs say that any "Gold" is matched to Freccia Alata". (See the T&Cs here).
However, what BA terms "Gold" is pretty much what should be termed "Platinum" in the Alitalia view of things [in your case, they seem to have insisted that a Concorde Room Card would be the "Platinum"!]. They appear to have applied this discretion in every other reported case...but going by the letter of the law, you got what you signed up for.
Just hope that the person reading your email is aware that they appear to be generally applying discretion when it comes to BAEC requests...
However, what BA terms "Gold" is pretty much what should be termed "Platinum" in the Alitalia view of things [in your case, they seem to have insisted that a Concorde Room Card would be the "Platinum"!]. They appear to have applied this discretion in every other reported case...but going by the letter of the law, you got what you signed up for.
Just hope that the person reading your email is aware that they appear to be generally applying discretion when it comes to BAEC requests...
If it were such then AA platinums would match to Plus 👍😂
Jul 21, 2015, 2:49 pm
#249
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Netherlands
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That's why it is better (if possible, and if you intend to maintain status with MilleMiglia) to use a status card that gets you matched status for all of 2016. Then you don't have to start requalification until 2016 starts.
With so much of 2015 gone, it's going to be hard for status matchees to requalify in the half-year remaining.
Jul 21, 2015, 3:01 pm
#250
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Jul 21, 2015, 3:24 pm
#251
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Posts: 17,008
It's by the end of December. MilleMiglia's status qualifying period is aligned to the calendar year.
That's why it is better (if possible, and if you intend to maintain status with MilleMiglia) to use a status card that gets you matched status for all of 2016. Then you don't have to start requalification until 2016 starts.
With so much of 2015 gone, it's going to be hard for status matchees to requalify in the half-year remaining.
That's why it is better (if possible, and if you intend to maintain status with MilleMiglia) to use a status card that gets you matched status for all of 2016. Then you don't have to start requalification until 2016 starts.
With so much of 2015 gone, it's going to be hard for status matchees to requalify in the half-year remaining.
Which is a bit sad: not the best designed way to encourage us to stay.
Jul 21, 2015, 4:13 pm
#252
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Germany
Programs: SPG Gold,Amex Cent,IC RA,HH Diamond,Marriott Gold,Hyatt Dia,LH FTL,CX Diam,FB Plat
Posts: 216
@Matt Newbie
What do you mean with :Send first request 29 june , however not in right format. Resend on 6 July and matched on 16 July.?
I`ve scanned my card and plan to send it as PDF-attachment.Will that be the right format?
What do you mean with :Send first request 29 june , however not in right format. Resend on 6 July and matched on 16 July.?
I`ve scanned my card and plan to send it as PDF-attachment.Will that be the right format?
Jul 21, 2015, 10:40 pm
#254
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Seat 1L these days :)
Programs: AF Platinum/AY LUMO/SK EBG/baEC S/HYATT Globalist/MR LTP/A3 *G/HH Dia/IHG plat
Posts: 7,961
It is too bed they did not offer a full year match to everyone or atleast a challenge to those of us unfortunate enough to have matched with 2016 as to make renewing a feasible option. 80000 miles in 4 months is not feasible for most 😂👍
Jul 22, 2015, 2:59 am
#255
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: SIN
Programs: TK-G | Accor P | SQ-G | Marriott T
Posts: 3,831
Hi, for those that have already been matched. Did they send an email once the match has been done, or we have to keep checking our account?
Also any idea how fast/slow the status will be updated to other ST member.
Also any idea how fast/slow the status will be updated to other ST member.