Status match to BA or OW from A3 Gold?
Oct 21, 2014, 4:02 pm
#1
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Status match to BA or OW from A3 Gold?
Hi,
I hope someone can help me here.
I have a Gold status at A3 and I have registered at BA Executive Club and having a Blue status with only two segments this year.
I have just booked a 4 segment return flight to US from BUD on business for this December on British Airways. BA has upgraded me for one segment (LAX-LHR) to First. As far as I see after these flights I will be Bronze at BA.
What do you think, would be any other OW airline that would be better than BA to register this trip, if so which one. And, shall I try to ask BA to match my current *A status, before my flight in December? Or shall I ask other OW FT programme for Status Match? If so, with which one? Anyone has any experience?
Thanks for your help, I really appreciate.
I hope someone can help me here.
I have a Gold status at A3 and I have registered at BA Executive Club and having a Blue status with only two segments this year.
I have just booked a 4 segment return flight to US from BUD on business for this December on British Airways. BA has upgraded me for one segment (LAX-LHR) to First. As far as I see after these flights I will be Bronze at BA.
What do you think, would be any other OW airline that would be better than BA to register this trip, if so which one. And, shall I try to ask BA to match my current *A status, before my flight in December? Or shall I ask other OW FT programme for Status Match? If so, with which one? Anyone has any experience?
Thanks for your help, I really appreciate.
Oct 22, 2014, 12:23 am
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Look & ask here http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/onewo...help-here.html
OneWorld airlines do generally do not status match. However there are some reports if Air Berlin matching (but then you are in the AB ffp
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OneWorld airlines do generally do not status match. However there are some reports if Air Berlin matching (but then you are in the AB ffp
)
Oct 22, 2014, 12:44 am
#5
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: BOS
Programs: BA - Blue > Bronze > Silver > Bronze > Blue
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If you're in business class there is little need for status (bar the bonus miles, which you would only get with AA or BA programs on your route anyway), so I would just put the points into BA and hope a second similar trip will get you to Silver.
If its a one off trip this year, the AB route may get you into a nicer lounge on on your LHR-LAX sector, so may be worth it for that alone, otherwise, if you're likely to use OW again, based at LAX, it may be best to stick the miles in an AA account.
If its a one off trip this year, the AB route may get you into a nicer lounge on on your LHR-LAX sector, so may be worth it for that alone, otherwise, if you're likely to use OW again, based at LAX, it may be best to stick the miles in an AA account.
Oct 22, 2014, 1:34 am
#6
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I have a Gold status at A3 and I have registered at BA Executive Club and having a Blue status with only two segments this year.
I have just booked a 4 segment return flight to US from BUD on business for this December on British Airways. BA has upgraded me for one segment (LAX-LHR) to First. As far as I see after these flights I will be Bronze at BA.
What do you think, would be any other OW airline that would be better than BA to register this trip, if so which one. And, shall I try to ask BA to match my current *A status, before my flight in December? Or shall I ask other OW FT programme for Status Match? If so, with which one? Anyone has any experience?
I have just booked a 4 segment return flight to US from BUD on business for this December on British Airways. BA has upgraded me for one segment (LAX-LHR) to First. As far as I see after these flights I will be Bronze at BA.
What do you think, would be any other OW airline that would be better than BA to register this trip, if so which one. And, shall I try to ask BA to match my current *A status, before my flight in December? Or shall I ask other OW FT programme for Status Match? If so, with which one? Anyone has any experience?
As to which program to credit your flights to, I would look here: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/onewo...help-here.html
BAEC has its pros and cons. If you are based in Europe then it is quite good for shorthaul redemptions on BA or its partners (AB/HG, AY, EI, IB) and if you mainly travel in premium cabins then it is among the quickest to earn lounge access.
Also I would suggest you read the forum rules, specifically around cross posting: http://www.flyertalk.com/help/rules.php#crossposting
You have posted this question 5 times.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/miles...l#post23696443
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/aegea...l#post23713070
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...l#post23713081
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...l#post23713090
Last edited by LTN Phobia; Oct 22, 2014 at 2:14 am Reason: Posts merger
Oct 22, 2014, 2:23 am
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Together with Aegean Gold, that kind of suggests you are good at sniffing out the bargain routes into frequent-flyer programmes.
Nothing at all wrong with that! Just that A3 status is unlikely to impress BA.
Your flights with BA will put you well on the way to Silver, which gets you a very significant share of Gold benefits. If you don't intend flying so much with BA then it's probably best to look elsewhere among Oneworld members.
Oct 22, 2014, 2:59 am
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Used to be the loveliest FFP even in dying (rather useless for actually USING them)
They had regular status matches for flying 1 (or was it 2?) legs with them. Any gold card got you MA Gold (OWS). Then both KL and LH was running a local status match campaign, so that matched MA Gold got you KL Plat and LH SEN. After dying, a number of OW airlines (not BA) offered status matches, so it got e.g. AY Gold. Quite good for flying them one return.
They had regular status matches for flying 1 (or was it 2?) legs with them. Any gold card got you MA Gold (OWS). Then both KL and LH was running a local status match campaign, so that matched MA Gold got you KL Plat and LH SEN. After dying, a number of OW airlines (not BA) offered status matches, so it got e.g. AY Gold. Quite good for flying them one return.
Oct 22, 2014, 5:08 am
#10
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I got OneWorld Sapphire status for free for next 12 months 
What I did
1. status match to Gulf Air
Aegean Airlines Miles and Bonus Gold To Gulf Air Falconflyer Gold (Match)
http://www.statusmatcher.com/report/31793
2. status match to Air Berlin (one world)
Gulf Air Falconflyer Gold To Air Berlin topbonus Gold (Match)
http://www.statusmatcher.com/report/47529
Gulf Air they responded with in 24 hours with status match
Air Berlin is little longer few days
What I did
1. status match to Gulf Air
Aegean Airlines Miles and Bonus Gold To Gulf Air Falconflyer Gold (Match)
http://www.statusmatcher.com/report/31793
2. status match to Air Berlin (one world)
Gulf Air Falconflyer Gold To Air Berlin topbonus Gold (Match)
http://www.statusmatcher.com/report/47529
Gulf Air they responded with in 24 hours with status match
Air Berlin is little longer few days
Thank you for your e-mail.
The Status Match is now complete. You will receive your new card in 2-3 weeks by mail.
In order for you to take advantage of all the benefits at the airport starting today, you will find a status confirmation attached. Please provide it for example at the priority check-in.
Your topbonus Gold Status is valid until 30.11.2015.
There will be two status follow-ups:
1) on 31.10.2015 for the period 01.10.2014 - 31.10.2015
2) on 30.11.2015 for the period 01.11.2014 - 30.11.2015
If you collect in one of the periods the required status miles or flight segments, your Gold Status will be extended for another 12 months.
Use the following collection options:
- Earn 50.000 status miles when you fly with airberlin, NIKI, Etihad Airways, oneworld airlines, and the payment with the airberlin Visa Card OR
- Complete 60 flights with airberlin and NIKI
The Status Match is now complete. You will receive your new card in 2-3 weeks by mail.
In order for you to take advantage of all the benefits at the airport starting today, you will find a status confirmation attached. Please provide it for example at the priority check-in.
Your topbonus Gold Status is valid until 30.11.2015.
There will be two status follow-ups:
1) on 31.10.2015 for the period 01.10.2014 - 31.10.2015
2) on 30.11.2015 for the period 01.11.2014 - 30.11.2015
If you collect in one of the periods the required status miles or flight segments, your Gold Status will be extended for another 12 months.
Use the following collection options:
- Earn 50.000 status miles when you fly with airberlin, NIKI, Etihad Airways, oneworld airlines, and the payment with the airberlin Visa Card OR
- Complete 60 flights with airberlin and NIKI
Last edited by p78; Oct 22, 2014 at 5:18 am Reason: adding airberlin email
Oct 24, 2014, 1:39 pm
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Sounds like a question for the AB forum.
There are a number of threads discussing status matching, including:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/airbe...tch-specs.html
There are a number of threads discussing status matching, including:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/airbe...tch-specs.html