United, Virgin etc will match the status
http://www.statusmatcher.com/Company...est%20Airlines

Thanks but this seems risky for reasons that shall remain nameless...

My thoughts exactly.

Ryanair?

Thanks to this thread, I just found out the company I work for has status match available to AA and Delta. Gold if you don't have any status or even match if you do!

Reading Flyertalk is rarely a waste of time! :)

After reading this thread, I still can't find a way to match my AA platinum to a star alliance (silver or gold). Does anyone have any suggestions?

You might want to search on a status match with TK.

I believe the TK status match is closed.

The advertised match is "officially" closed, but various blogs report that TK may still grant a match although it may take a few weeks to hear back from them.

They're still matching.

You can do a challenge for equivalent status with United.

You would have to fly on their metal though.

Match AA Plat to Delta Gold, then match Delta Gold with United Gold.

Yes. But I would be careful about duplicate accounts with the same airline. They tend to frown on that, if discovered.

Hmm thanks for that info :D
Theoretically it sounds like one could infinitely extend his/her status by doing this every year and needing to fly only the 'status match' amount of EQMs to keep the status for 1 year (if matching after July 1st) :eek:

I'm sure this is one of those ideas that only sound good on paper though :rolleyes:

A lot of airlines will allow only once in a lifetime/every 2-3-5 years status match.