Airline Status Match Master Thread
Dec 6, 2013, 10:47 pm
#511
Join Date: Feb 2006
Programs: Krisflyer, Asia Miles, Miles and Bonus
Posts: 251
Today, I joined Air Berlin's FF program, and sent an email asking for a Status Match, with a scan of my TK Elite card attached.
About 15 minutes later, I received an e-mail saying the following:
"Dear Mr. SQCXEKflyer,
Thank you for your e-mail.
we would like to thank you for your inquiry and your interest in our topbonus Program. We have examined your request carefully and would like to offer you the following:
Enjoy the advantages of the topbonus Gold status for 4 months as a start, and the status will be extended for one more year if you collect 17.000 status miles or fly at least 20 times within this period. If you accumulate 8.500 status miles or fly at least 8 times in the same period, you will get our topbonus Silver status for one year."
The email was a bit longer (mostly info about the program).
Very pleased with this result, might not get quite enough travel to get one more year of Gold after the 4 months, but silver should be no problem.
However, a bit confused about the wording ("would like to offer you"), do I have to reply to accept offer, or is that implied, with the gold status coming automatically (not on online account yet, but this email came less than 30 minutes ago)?
About 15 minutes later, I received an e-mail saying the following:
"Dear Mr. SQCXEKflyer,
Thank you for your e-mail.
we would like to thank you for your inquiry and your interest in our topbonus Program. We have examined your request carefully and would like to offer you the following:
Enjoy the advantages of the topbonus Gold status for 4 months as a start, and the status will be extended for one more year if you collect 17.000 status miles or fly at least 20 times within this period. If you accumulate 8.500 status miles or fly at least 8 times in the same period, you will get our topbonus Silver status for one year."
The email was a bit longer (mostly info about the program).
Very pleased with this result, might not get quite enough travel to get one more year of Gold after the 4 months, but silver should be no problem.
However, a bit confused about the wording ("would like to offer you"), do I have to reply to accept offer, or is that implied, with the gold status coming automatically (not on online account yet, but this email came less than 30 minutes ago)?
Dec 7, 2013, 12:06 am
#513
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 668
Dec 7, 2013, 12:50 am
#514
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Paris, France
Programs: A3*G, Accor ALL Gold
Posts: 597
Dec 7, 2013, 11:04 am
#517
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: usually LON
Programs: BA Gold (OWE), Tesco Blue, TK Elite (*G), Oyster Diamond Jubilee edition
Posts: 1,546
Dec 9, 2013, 2:08 pm
#518
Formerly known as vgandhi
Join Date: May 2011
Programs: Delta 1 MM and Platinum, United Premier Platinum, Starwood Gold, Club Carlson Gold, Choice Gold
Posts: 623
Have not heard from them after 5 days yet.
Does any none have the email address or phone number for status match request.
Dec 10, 2013, 1:25 am
#520
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: MUC, NAG
Programs: M&M FTL, A3 Gold, IHG Plat, Accor Plat
Posts: 222
Lol I wrote to [email protected] asking for a status match and the only answer was a link were I can enroll to the program. They needed 8 days to respone because my "query inquiered further investigation".
Dec 11, 2013, 12:16 am
#521
Moderator Hilton Honors, Travel News, West, The Suggestion Box, Smoking Lounge & DiningBuzz
Join Date: Jun 2000
Programs: Honors Diamond, Hertz Presidents Circle, National Exec Elite
Posts: 36,027
Matched United Platinum to AS MVP Gold.
By the way, this was the third time (same account number) over the last ten years that I have been comped status on AS based on UA status
By the way, this was the third time (same account number) over the last ten years that I have been comped status on AS based on UA status
Dec 20, 2013, 11:16 am
#524
Join Date: May 2006
Location: UK
Programs: Aeroplan, MPO Gold, Presidents Choice Gourmet Coffee, Flying Blue, Flying Club
Posts: 120
Idle question that popped up - what are the chances of status match between Oneworld carriers? I've got MPO Gold, but did wonder whether this could be status matched for Executive Club Silver...?
Dec 20, 2013, 11:25 am
#525
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Denver • DEN-APA
Programs: AF Platinum, EK Gold, AA EXP, UA 1K, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 21,602
First have a *A or ST airline status match your MPO Gold.
Then once you have that, ask EC to match your (newly minted) *A or ST status.