Status Matching from BA to Skyteam/Star Alliance
Aug 14, 2015, 7:48 am
#16
Join Date: Jun 2013
Programs: BAEC Silver, Alitalia Freccia Alata, Turkish Elite... oh yeah, and of course: Starbucks Gold :P
Posts: 232
As i really don't care about BA anymore since even the BAEC got enhanced this year, i just started to always fly with the cheapest option. therefore a status-match from any other alliance would be very welcome - but it still looks quite hard to get one as a mere 'ba silver', or?
thanks
Aug 14, 2015, 8:57 am
#19
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Bristol
Programs: BA GGL, UA Plat, DL Plat, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 2,380
Aug 14, 2015, 8:59 am
#20
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Godalming, Surrey, UK.
Programs: Nowt of note.
Posts: 1,628
I emailed AZ on July 27th, got a "sorry it's taking so long" on Aug 3rd, and on Aug 7th a "we couldn't make your card, please send another picture". I'd sent them the PDF from BAEC, but it does seem a bit ... naff, with heavily pixelated membership number that looks pretty fake. I've now emailed them a photo of my card and am waiting to hear.
Aug 14, 2015, 9:08 am
#22
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Bristol
Programs: BA GGL, UA Plat, DL Plat, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 2,380
The silly thing is, there's about a 0.001% chance I will fly AZ or any Skyteam airline in the next couple of years, but you FTers have corrupted me into an avid collector of shiny cards 
Aug 14, 2015, 11:55 am
#24
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Switzerland
Posts: 1,588
Aug 14, 2015, 1:02 pm
#25
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: 7,957
Aug 14, 2015, 1:22 pm
#27
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: JER
Programs: BA Gold/OWE, several MUCCI, and assorted Pensions!
Posts: 32,145
I emailed AZ on July 27th, got a "sorry it's taking so long" on Aug 3rd, and on Aug 7th a "we couldn't make your card, please send another picture". I'd sent them the PDF from BAEC, but it does seem a bit ... naff, with heavily pixelated membership number that looks pretty fake. I've now emailed them a photo of my card and am waiting to hear.
(Joined 3 Aug, and acknowledged. Applied for match on same day. 14 Aug was 'we cannot read the card details')
Aug 14, 2015, 1:26 pm
#28
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: London
Programs: BAEC Silver, M&M, HHonors Gold
Posts: 1,223
I got status match from Alitalia after about 2 weeks of waiting. I sent picture of Gold card and print screens from BAEC account. Didn't get any email to confirm it. I think it came week or two later, after I already knew about it by checking website.
TK did status match in one day, based on the same documents + new card from Alitalia. Now I can enjoy Star Alliance lounges :-) I'm actually flying with them from time to time, but not on TK planes. SkyTeam Gold is not as good but at least will give me choice of premium seats on Delta.
TK did status match in one day, based on the same documents + new card from Alitalia. Now I can enjoy Star Alliance lounges :-) I'm actually flying with them from time to time, but not on TK planes. SkyTeam Gold is not as good but at least will give me choice of premium seats on Delta.
Last edited by Richmond_Surrey; Aug 14, 2015 at 1:40 pm
Aug 14, 2015, 1:43 pm
#29
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: JER
Programs: BA Gold/OWE, several MUCCI, and assorted Pensions!
Posts: 32,145
I got status match from Alitalia after about 2 weeks. I sent picture of Gold card and print screens from BAEC account. TK did status match in one day, based on the same documents + new card from Alitalia. Now I can enjoy Star Alliance lounges :-) I'm actually flying with them from time to time, but not on TK planes. SkyTeam Gold is not as good but at least will give me choice of premium seats on Delta.
Aug 14, 2015, 2:14 pm
#30
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: London, UK
Programs: BA Gold4life, ICH RA, Hyatt Gold and others
Posts: 701
Am i to understand that on AZ or AF or KL or LH that the FF schemes are more generous than the latest BAEC then? And is there shorthaul business product a proper business class product unlike BA?
Or is this a case of cutting off one's nose to spite ones face??
Or is this a case of cutting off one's nose to spite ones face??