Technically, this would probably work. You might have a better chance if you open a completely new account with qantas, with a NZ address as they might see and realise that you changed the address to NZ and ask for the match, so opening a new account would give you a better chance to receive the match

If you only want the One World benefits, then the answer is no, (unless your AB gold runs out soon, and qantas will give you a full year gold). However if you think you will be flying qantas themselves, they have extra benefits for their own gold customers which can be seen here

Just thought I would post here a link to a post, which Flyertalk user Concerto posted on the Air Berlin Status Match thread - http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/24461939-post9.html

Received my card today with expiring date 03/2017.
I remember it should last 1 year.....Am I wrong?

Btw which one can match EY status?

I sent a Status Match form and documentation to American a month ago and never received a reply.

Does a lack of reply mean the application is rejected? Or should I assume they lost email and resubmit?

They don't status match.

Not sure if you meant that they no longer match status (my firm was provided a status match form with specific instructions for applying for 2015 status matches and I received an auto generated email from American providing instructions for uploading my UA mileage statement) or if you meant that my application was rejected.

I called american airlines asking for status match, they told me they do not match nbut they have fast track, you pay a fee of around 140 USD, they enroll you for a fast track of earning 5000 pints or something like that, they make you gold etc.
More details available on statusmatcher.com

Will Air Berlin status match Alaska MVP Gold?

Thanks

They should (based on previous reports) - send copy of card to [email protected]

Can you please remind me to which email address I have to send my match request to turkish?

Is it correct to do it before June (i.e. when the card still has 6 months of validity)

Thanks

See post 836 earlier in this thread - this is the link - http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/23875282-post836.html

I seem to remember seeing somewhere that your current gold card needs 3 months of validity, but i think that might have been Air Berlin. Don't remember.

Many thanks.
Which card do I have to use (in your opinion) between AB (no flights), A3 (Flights until november but not received the card yet), EY (flights in business in Jan)?

As benberg2013 mentioned above, AA doesn't status match, they do a paid fast track.

As for corporate matches, which you did not state earlier was your scenario, I don't know. I do know UA has a corporate status match, which I received last year. It appears AA should have one too if your firm has a form.

I'm afraid the only option would be to use the A3 gold. Turkish have a rule that they only match One World Emerald status (Air Berlin platinum) , Skyteam elite plus, and Star Alliance gold - and only A3 would match these criteria. You should take a screen shot showing your gold status, and send it in the online form as an attachment.

Read this on onemileatatime, and got the approval a couple of days ago. VPN and a new zealand mailing service did the trick. ;) Switching from *A to OW (BA or QR, not decided yet) later this summer, so having OW status from the very beginning will be nice.