United is (challenge) matching other non-*A elites until June 30th.
They recently matched my AA EXP to 1K and gave me 90 days to hit 35K PQMs and retain 1K thru January 2018.

Is this the trick it thread? Looks like the airline status match thread to me.

Should I start giving secretflying.com ideas for new posts?

Got my Air Berlin (Gold) to match my Asiana Diamond (*A gold) yesterday. Some info for US residents looking to do this

• You must have a long-haul flight booked, and provide the invoice as an attachment to with your email requesting the match
• They will demand a photo of a plastic card. I don't have one (not sure if Asiana even does plastic cards anymore), and pressed the issue. They eventually accepted a screenshot of my mobile card.

The status is good for one year, within which you have to hit the standard mileage requirements in order to retain it. Still a pretty sweet deal.

Allow at least a couple of days for this to play out, they seem to only answer emails once per day -- even for trivial clarifications.

In retrospect, it might have been easier to use the address of one of my friends in Germany, which would remove the requirement for the long-haul flight.

Thinking about switching my business back over to UA as I'll be traveling quite often to Europe this summer... Does the 1K status match give you full benefits during the challenge, as well as a welcome kit once hitting 35K miles?

They'll send the kit once you finish the challenge. Not sure about RPUs/GPUs.

For benefits, they don't send a card. This makes lounge access a grey area. While you should be able to access UA Clubs, I'm not sure if they add you onto the *A database for the challenge period or after it's completed.

I would also wait until June 2nd this week before sending in a match request. United is hyping up for some big announcement, but no clues on what it will be.

Gotcha, will wait until then. Anyone know if PQD's still apply to status matched accounts?

Aeromexico is offering a statusmatch:

http://aeromexico.com/en/us/elite-match/

"If accepted, the awarded status will be valid for six months and can be maintained if at least 40% of the required Premier Points for that status level are earned during this period."

Kuwait Airways?
 

Anyone knows if Kuwait Airways is doing status match?
Thanks

I don't think they are. Their page on statusmatcher.com only has one report and it's a deny.

Has anyone seen DL match or challenge up to Diamond?

Dang, got status matched to UA Gold from AA EXP, and it seems like the status is only good until the end of the year.

I was hoping to get a 1K match, but I guess I will be sticking with AA...

Did they status match without a challenge, or did you get a challenge?

I'm sorry, they challenged me to complete 12.500 miles...

I would write back and ask them why only Gold since you are EXP. Tell them you want a challenge to 1K. They challenge-matched my EXP to 1K less than a month ago.