Helsinki Flyer

Take advantage of the Kenyan Air status match to get SkyTeam Elite plus.

https://travel-dealz.com/deal/kenya-...-status-match/

juhanh

I got a TK status match for s*its and giggles a few weeks ago with a status challenge. I am now pretty motivated to complete that challenge fully to be *G for the next 2 years. Just to hedge my bets. The only downside is that OWE is a _very_ nice status to have in Australia.
From my pov my 700k+ AY+ points will probably become more useful once converted to Avios and moved to somewhere else for redemptions.
The ens*ittification of AY+ continues.

satisfying.that.wanderlust

I've applied for that and waiting to hear back. Have you heard back regarding it? How long did it take you to get the status match?

Lauri_fly

chech the account. I was matched to plat without a notification.

Purserin painajainen

I decided to apply as well. Haven't been matched yet but it now says on the website that it may take seven days.

ratechaser

That's what I love about this forum... I'm more a regular on the BA board (I'm Silver with them), but popped over here because a thread there mentioned the AY changes, and I had been thinking about a business lite LHR-HEL-DXB return later this year to help my BA requalification. Wasn't sure if I'd still get 440TPs or not.

And now, I have THIS wonderful bit of information
about a Skyteam status match! This will be a massive help if - as I expect - I will be flying KLM or Virgin next year.

So thank you, in a thread discussion about an otherwise depressing change, my day has well and truly been made

Thalassa

It worked for me. I registered and sent in a status match request (with an screen grab of my Finnair Gold card) last weekend and got confirmation today that the status match was granted.

I am yet to try it, but Asante Gold seems to give benefits on par with or above Finnair Gold. I am not going to fly a lot on Kenya Airways but the card's SkyTeam Elite Plus travel benefits (two-pax lounge access, priority check-in, security, and boarding, free seat selection, extra piece of luggage) should carry over to flights on other SkyTeam members. With, e.g., Delta, KLM, Air France, Korean Air, China Eastern, and Virgin Atlantic, SkyTeam is actually an interesting alternative to OW or *A.

It remains to be seen how well everything works in practise.

Cheers,
T.

Thalassa

Excellent suggestion, thanks! I am now a proud Asante Rewards Gold and SkyTeam Elite Plus member 🤓

Cheers,
T.

mpkz

SkyTeam E+ benefits vary a lot, it's nothing like oneworld. For instance, no lounge access for DL domestic flights. No access to Virgin Clubhouse unless you're flying VS or DL (not really relevant since AFKL moved from T3 to T4 at LHR). On DL, Skypriority boards even after some economy groups, let alone J, PE and DL's own elites etc..

AFKL experience as E+ is still okay though, you board after business and get a discount on seats.

lento

I've heard that no one is recognizing and providing status benefits. Seems like SkyTeams is a bit different compared to *A or OW and KenyaAirways needs to have separate partnership with member airlines for status to be recognized/ benefits to be provided.

TTL

Plat to Plat matched effortlessly and 1500 points from "customer actions" by signing up and providing further details. Interesting to see, how SkyTeam treats us "matchees".

Clydez

same here, BTW didnt find anywhere if they have a digital card or physical card available.

TTL

Have to ask from their customer service. Maybe card is coming via snail mail…

kauppias

they do, email [email protected] for a match in under 24hours

kauppias

you need to send a copy of your ay card with name and expiry date