BA is giving Bronze only.

And only to german residents 👎 just as weak as the IB match where itd limitednto NEW accounts only so both are very limited :(

Considering that they will no longer exist within 10 days, this is extremely useful :p

Received today:

I think bronze is very generous, considering BA normally doesn't do status matches at all.

So now if ba went belly up and you as a ba Gold were given Oneworld ruby instead of emerald in a new program you would be happy? :) For many this is the situation. I am also ba Gold so I am not affected but still.

Perhaps Ruby would be okay if like with AY they offered a fast track to Gold...

But limiting it ONLY to DE residents seems rather short sighted!

Is the IB match only for DE residents? I'm not an IB Plus member so that's not an issue for me.

Yes, when this would be my only alternative I would be happy with this, as I would not count on a match in the first place. It is after all something that is given for free by a party that has no obligation to do this.
Moreover, that an airline which is not at all in the habit of offering status matches now actually does offer a status match -any status match- is generous to their standards.

That is something I do have to agree with.

There was no such residence limitation mentioned but the terms are rather vague too.... So far I have not heard of many if ANY real succesful Matches from IB.

Just a reminder that UA is still doing their match/challenge program. Just received 1K for 90 days (from AA EXP,) with the requirement of 35k PQM's in that time to keep until 2019. Have a EWR-SIN RT at under $500, so decided it was OK to fly UA again. Hate the idea of flying in coach that long though, so I hope they come up with a nice offer to UPG at checkin. HKG-IAD RT in coach should finish it off.

nevermind

To come back to this, no residency in DE was not required. Matched 2 accounts so far succesfully. One took 4 days the other one 12 days so patience is needed...

I have sent my application around a week ago, but not heard so far from IB. Hopefully I receive something soon. Now that I know that October 28 is the last day for AB in oneworld I really would like an IB match asap

The three matches I helped out on were processed in alphabetical order so theres hope :) they are super busy over there Im sure

Thanks for the note. Hopefully, mine gets approved too.

By the way, did you get any email confirmation about the status upgrade or directly letter/card by post?

Email came same day as approved the app/web was updated. No cards yet. Very efficient so I am pleased with the process even though I was not personally matched since I am allready ba Gold.