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Old Jul 8, 2015, 1:14 pm
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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:
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.
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
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Old Aug 14, 2015, 1:03 pm
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Sent an e-mail on 8/11 and haven't heard back from AZ regarding a status match.
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Old Aug 14, 2015, 2:33 pm
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Not sure whether to match my Turkish Airlines Gold card (which expires in March 2016) or wait until early September and match my newly acquired BA Silver card.

It would be a no brainer, but I have a longhaul booking on KLM in October and want to make sure I can get lounge access etc. So obviously matching my TK card would make sense in that respect, but I could benefit from matching my BA status which would then allow Alitalia to match me into 2017.

The other option would be to create another Alitalia account and get my BA card matched later on. Not sure of the questionability or legalities of doing so...!?

Presumably both TK*G and BA Silver match to the same Alitalia middle tier?



Originally Posted by Jimgotkp
Sent an e-mail on 8/11 and haven't heard back from AZ regarding a status match.
I wouldn't expect a response that quickly!
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Old Aug 14, 2015, 4:17 pm
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Originally Posted by Schwann
I wouldn't expect a response that quickly!
Haha I know. I requested a status match with TK too and from past reports they seem a lot more faster when it comes to responses. However, I haven't heard from either airline. Expect to hear from TK early next week and AZ around the end of next week.
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Old Aug 15, 2015, 8:47 am
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Originally Posted by Schwann
Not sure whether to match my Turkish Airlines Gold card (which expires in March 2016) or wait until early September and match my newly acquired BA Silver card.

It would be a no brainer, but I have a longhaul booking on KLM in October and want to make sure I can get lounge access etc. So obviously matching my TK card would make sense in that respect, but I could benefit from matching my BA status which would then allow Alitalia to match me into 2017.

The other option would be to create another Alitalia account and get my BA card matched later on. Not sure of the questionability or legalities of doing so...!?

Presumably both TK*G and BA Silver match to the same Alitalia middle tier?





I wouldn't expect a response that quickly!
I would do it right away if I were you - I was waiting for the AB Match and now they are only opened to German residents only You never know when AZ suddenly limited to Italian residents only.
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Old Aug 16, 2015, 2:19 pm
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Originally Posted by nacho
I would do it right away if I were you - I was waiting for the AB Match and now they are only opened to German residents only You never know when AZ suddenly limited to Italian residents only.
Alitalia's status match conditions state that requests received by 31 December 2015 will be honored though - don't know their track record on this, but doubt they would suddenly change conditions.
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Old Aug 16, 2015, 3:05 pm
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Originally Posted by Myyra
Alitalia's status match conditions state that requests received by 31 December 2015 will be honored though - don't know their track record on this, but doubt they would suddenly change conditions.
It happened to AB - they also said that it lasted until Dec. 31 this year but then suddenly they changed the requirement to limit to German residents only. Both of them are owned by EY, so I wouldn't take the risk.
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Old Aug 16, 2015, 4:54 pm
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Originally Posted by Myyra
Alitalia's status match conditions state that requests received by 31 December 2015 will be honored though - don't know their track record on this, but doubt they would suddenly change conditions.
Flying Blue, Etihad, and airberlin all ran status match campaigns recently which involved a drastic restriction on the geographic area, introduced without warning.

Bear in mind that Etihad owns the Alitalia loyalty programme...and they have form in chamging statis match T&Cs
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Old Aug 16, 2015, 8:19 pm
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I used the Turkish Elite card to match it and successfully matched to FRECCIA ALATA CLUB after 2 weeks later. the expire date is March,2017.
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Old Aug 16, 2015, 11:08 pm
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I send the documents tk* gold till feb 2017 and rj platinum till 01/16 on 2 july and got matched freccia alata on 19/7 till 03/17
Now i got new rj card till 2017 as i already fullfilled the requirements
So i did resend the card to alitaia on 29 july so they can adjust it to alata plus (i dont know if they will or no) , what do u think?
Rj= Royal Jordanian
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Old Aug 17, 2015, 3:13 am
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Originally Posted by nacho
It happened to AB - they also said that it lasted until Dec. 31 this year but then suddenly they changed the requirement to limit to German residents only. Both of them are owned by EY, so I wouldn't take the risk.
Thanks for the clarification, I wasn't aware that the AB conditions were written in the same way.
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Old Aug 19, 2015, 11:39 am
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Originally Posted by IoViaggio
Does anyone know how long the vouchers are good for?

I understand that the status match for FLP ends March 2016 or 2017 based on your status with your non-skyteam expiration. Do the vouchers have the same expiration or longer?
I would be curious to know this too. Hard to imagine that the paper voucher promo codes have been designed to accomodate different expiry dates.
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Old Aug 19, 2015, 12:55 pm
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Just a data point:

I requested my status match from BA Silver to Alata on the 6th of August and see that it's come through online today, the 19th.
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Old Aug 20, 2015, 11:01 am
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has anyone received their card yet??
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Old Aug 20, 2015, 1:15 pm
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Originally Posted by mfgr
has anyone received their card yet??
There have been many reports in this very thread.
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Old Aug 21, 2015, 8:51 am
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I requested yesterday to match A3 Gold.
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