Does BMI still status match?
May 8, 2007, 1:40 pm
#16
Join Date: Jul 2002
Programs: UA MM
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May 8, 2007, 3:14 pm
#18
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: NJ/NYC
Programs: AA EXP/LT Plat, SPG Plat/LT Plat, HHonors Gold, Hyatt Plat, IHG Plat, MR Silver
Posts: 2,786
Appreciate your help greatly.
May 9, 2007, 9:10 am
#19
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Living in SIN™
Programs: TK/QR Gold, Marriott/Accor Plat, IC Dia Amb, Avis/Hertz PC
Posts: 6,706
BD has matched a NW GE with a US mailing address to BD Gold recently. Faxed copy of card and NW account statement. Gold membership kit with card showed up in the mail in less than 10 days ^
Match good for a year.
Match good for a year.
May 9, 2007, 12:35 pm
#20
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: NJ/NYC
Programs: AA EXP/LT Plat, SPG Plat/LT Plat, HHonors Gold, Hyatt Plat, IHG Plat, MR Silver
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Sounds great! Looks like this is what I'll be doing for my upcoming LAX-AKL trip. Hope they don't have a problem with my trip history of 100% USA domestic trips.
May 9, 2007, 1:48 pm
#21
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: SDF
Posts: 3,302
Let us know how this turns out. I'd love to just get a match to Silver if that meant I could skip 20k EQMs and start working immediately toward Gold.
May 9, 2007, 1:51 pm
#22
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(As noted earlier, copy of frequent flyer card and/or frequent flyer statement worked with a brief letter.)If history is anything to go by, more likely to get BD Gold as a DL Gold than BD Silver.
Last edited by GUWonder; May 9, 2007 at 1:57 pm
May 9, 2007, 1:54 pm
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May 10, 2007, 10:06 am
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May 10, 2007, 5:14 pm
#26
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I must say, it's general activity. The status is valid a year after the date of the match approved (so not necessarly end of the month)
May 11, 2007, 12:11 pm
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Two weeks in advance works well most of the times; but if you are highly risk averse, then do it closer to 6 weeks in advance, presuming you didn't really need the BD Gold card on the trips.
May 11, 2007, 12:11 pm
#29
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I have just been status matched to DC Gold.
I did the gold challenge on AA last december on the mistake LHR-LAX F fare. Got the AA gold card.
I wrote a letter about three weeks ago to bmi asking for the status match. I included a photo copy of the AA gold card and a print out of my online status with AA (there were no transactions on AA visible). I also included a photo copy of my Flying Blue Plat card for good measure.
I have a Dutch address.
About 10 days later I received the DC gold welcome pack!
So I got DC Gold based on one mistake AA F fare.
I did the gold challenge on AA last december on the mistake LHR-LAX F fare. Got the AA gold card.
I wrote a letter about three weeks ago to bmi asking for the status match. I included a photo copy of the AA gold card and a print out of my online status with AA (there were no transactions on AA visible). I also included a photo copy of my Flying Blue Plat card for good measure.
I have a Dutch address.
About 10 days later I received the DC gold welcome pack!
So I got DC Gold based on one mistake AA F fare.
May 11, 2007, 12:49 pm
#30
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: London, UK
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Remember that it is generally not a good idea to match for the sake of matching. Match if you intend to use the status as more often than not, and airline will not allow a match a second time around. BMI have been known to grant it a second time, but they have also been known to reject a second or subsequent match.