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On the old M&B website there used to be a picture of a gold M&B card with the account holder's name on it (although not the same as the real thing of course) which i printed, photographed and sent, and i'm now matched to Turkish. (This will not help you now due to the (contravertial) changes in M&B's website.)

***************Sorry - I probably posted in the wrong thread*********
I logged in the A3 website and I found this



I checked it on the Android app and it seems the expiring date on the card is 24/01/2016.....I gain 24 more gold days than the others

Btw, I don't understand the "Card Renewal"........and also, why there are "**" before Lisbon?
I'm quite sure there weren't before

Any guesses on whether TK would match an AS MVP Gold to TK Gold?

Probably not as MVP Gold is not a top tier plus AS is not member of any of the big 3 alliances.

Well turkish gold (elite) is also not a top tier as there is Turkish Elite Plus. Its definitely worth a try. Just follow instructions in post #836.

So it means that if I get a match in January 2015 this will be valid through January 2017. If I fly 25k miles in 2015 do I get the status extended until January 2019?
Could somebody confirm this?
Thanks

No. Turkish only matches top-tier alliances.

I asked for a UA Platinum challenge on 19th Nov and on 22nd Nov they replied me with an approval of gold like this:

"Congratulations! You have been awarded a trial period of Premier� Gold status in the MileagePlus� program valid until 03/01/2015! This will make your travel with us comfortable, simple and more rewarding than ever.
To remain a Premier Gold member through January 31, 2016, you will need to fly 12,500 Premier qualifying miles (PQM) or 15 Premier qualifying segments (PQS) on flights operated by United�, United Express� or Copa between 12/01/2014 through 03/01/2015.*

But after several days, when I emailed UA Mileageplus department to ask about when my account would be changed into Gold status (because I booked UA flights and wanted to choose seats). I got a reply like this:

"We are unable to confirm that your will become a premier Gold member in December 1, 2014 since there is no record showing this information in your account. "

I am so confused and email them again but I still haven't got any reply from UA for several days. I called but the CS replied the same information.

Anyone experience this? Today is 1st Dec and my account has not been changed. What should I do next?

Thanks in advance!

Update......received this new email after my request to get updated info:

I'm wondering why they need so much time.

Want to know, too

Hey guys great topics for helping elite members. my question for Experts. I just achived BAEC. silver status. which is the best ones easy to Match?

Additionaly I would also ask if anybody has any idea when would be the ideal moment to ask for a status match A3->TK given that for many of us the A3 status will be valid still until 11.2015

I've requested today a Status Match with Air China, I've sent:

1/ Copy of my next booking with this airline (Dec 2014, 4 flights in Y)
2/ Copy of my Turkish Airlines Gold card - Elite StarAlliance+detailed list of flights
3/ Copy of my China Airlines Gold card - Elite SkyTeam+detailed list of flights

Let's see what happen, someone of you have any experience with matching Air China?

Turkish - follow this link https://www4.thy.com/customercontact/?lang=en and fill in the form (see post #836 for more details).

I was so surprised to see on statusmatcher.com that 2 people got matched from Aegean Blue to Turkish Gold! It shows how lax Turkish are being about spewing out Gold cards as status matches! Maybe they will stop it soon...

You cant really trust everything listed on the site It is highly unlikely tk would match A3 blue to gold...