Status Matching from BA to Skyteam/Star Alliance
Aug 21, 2015, 7:57 am
#46
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Canada
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 1,254
Aug 21, 2015, 8:13 am
#48
Moderator: Qatar Airways
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: LHR/NCE/MIA
Programs: BAEC GfL & GGL, SQ Gold, Amex Centurion, Mucci des Chevaliers des Bons Mots et Qui Savent Moucher
Posts: 8,948
On the grounds that I was status matched to Etihad Guest Gold, and will soon be Alitalia Freccia Alata Plus, I presume I will soon be entitled to fly the plane with Alitalia?
Aug 21, 2015, 8:17 am
#49
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Bristol
Programs: BA GGL, UA Plat, DL Plat, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 2,380
* of course in Italy persuasion can = €€€€€
Last edited by Fitch; Aug 21, 2015 at 8:38 am
Aug 21, 2015, 8:59 am
#50
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Netherlands
Programs: KL Platinum; A3 Gold
Posts: 28,730
Once you do eventually get a response/match (assuming you eventually do) please let us know if it's to Alitalia's Alata or Alata Plus level. As BAEC Gold is equivalent to most airlines' platinum level, I'd expect the latter (also if it's true that BAEC Silver maps to Alata).
Aug 21, 2015, 9:00 am
#51
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Netherlands
Programs: KL Platinum; A3 Gold
Posts: 28,730
Aug 21, 2015, 9:30 am
#52
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Bristol
Programs: BA GGL, UA Plat, DL Plat, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 2,380
Just to reiterate my own experience:
03/08 Emailed them with jpeg of my Gold card asking for a match to Freccia Alata Plus.
17/08 Nothing received, not even an acknowledgement, online account shows basic Freccia card
19/08 Logged in again and card has updated to Freccia Alata Plus
So don't expect to hear from them but it does seem to be working and taking about 2-3 weeks.
Being a cheeky so-and-so I have now asked TK to match my AZ status
03/08 Emailed them with jpeg of my Gold card asking for a match to Freccia Alata Plus.
17/08 Nothing received, not even an acknowledgement, online account shows basic Freccia card
19/08 Logged in again and card has updated to Freccia Alata Plus
So don't expect to hear from them but it does seem to be working and taking about 2-3 weeks.
Being a cheeky so-and-so I have now asked TK to match my AZ status
Aug 21, 2015, 9:39 am
#53
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Bristol
Programs: BA GGL, UA Plat, DL Plat, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 2,380
Yikes, just seen the following in the Millemiglia FAQs:
How can I cancel my membership to the MilleMiglia Program?
You must make your request to withdraw from the program in writing, indicating your personal MilleMiglia number and enclosing a signed copy of a valid identity document
Italian bureaucracy at its finest
How can I cancel my membership to the MilleMiglia Program?
You must make your request to withdraw from the program in writing, indicating your personal MilleMiglia number and enclosing a signed copy of a valid identity document
Italian bureaucracy at its finest
Aug 21, 2015, 10:16 am
#54
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: JER
Programs: BA Gold/OWE, several MUCCI, and assorted Pensions!
Posts: 32,145
I just let my VS Red expire a decade or so ago, but they did tell me the account would be reactivated if I ever flew with them again
Same for my long-defunct KLM card, now I think of it.
Same for my long-defunct KLM card, now I think of it.
Sep 2, 2015, 10:36 am
#55
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Herts, UK
Programs: BAEC GGL, HH Diamond.
Posts: 3,177
Sep 2, 2015, 10:50 am
#57
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Bristol
Programs: BA GGL, UA Plat, DL Plat, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 2,380
Just to reiterate my own experience:
03/08 Emailed them with jpeg of my Gold card asking for a match to Freccia Alata Plus.
17/08 Nothing received, not even an acknowledgement, online account shows basic Freccia card
19/08 Logged in again and card has updated to Freccia Alata Plus
So don't expect to hear from them but it does seem to be working and taking about 2-3 weeks.
Being a cheeky so-and-so I have now asked TK to match my AZ status
03/08 Emailed them with jpeg of my Gold card asking for a match to Freccia Alata Plus.
17/08 Nothing received, not even an acknowledgement, online account shows basic Freccia card
19/08 Logged in again and card has updated to Freccia Alata Plus
So don't expect to hear from them but it does seem to be working and taking about 2-3 weeks.
Being a cheeky so-and-so I have now asked TK to match my AZ status
Would be nice to score a hat-trick
Sep 2, 2015, 10:56 am
#58
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Bangkok / London
Programs: BA Silver, AmEx Platinum, AVIS Presidents Club, Marriott Titanium Elite
Posts: 1,106
I emailed Alitalia, got a reply back about ten days later saying the photo of my BA card was in an incompatible format and to resend as a PDF. Did this same day and heard nothing since (about ten days ago). Just logged in and status is still at the entry level. Trying to match to BA Silver.
Sep 2, 2015, 11:00 am
#60
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Bangkok / London
Programs: BA Silver, AmEx Platinum, AVIS Presidents Club, Marriott Titanium Elite
Posts: 1,106
I emailed Alitalia, got a reply back about ten days later saying the photo of my BA card was in an incompatible format and to resend as a PDF. Did this same day and heard nothing since (about ten days ago). Just logged in and status is still at the entry level. Trying to match to BA Silver.
It's the 'FRECCIA ALATA' level for info.