Airline Status Match Master Thread
Mar 19, 2015 | 12:39 am
#1051
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Paris, France
Programs: A3, AF and LH gold
Posts: 647
I was also matched to Qantas Gold. Has anyone received his welcome package in the mail ?
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.
Mar 19, 2015 | 5:25 pm
#1052
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: YOW
Programs: AC SE, FOTSG Platinum
Posts: 6,551
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.
Mar 20, 2015 | 6:07 am
#1053
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: YYZ
Programs: HHonors Silver, AC Altitude 25K, AAdvantage, SkyMiles, Bonvoy, and a few more
Posts: 655
Challenges - quick way to status
I will be flying 15K-18K+ miles on one return trip this summer on either DL, UAL or AA. Any suggestions on a challenge?
Mar 20, 2015 | 7:26 am
#1054
Suspended
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: MAN,TLV
Programs: Silver:BA,VX,AB, QF. Gold:A3,RJ,AZ,GF, EY,SPG,Marriott,Choice, Carlson. Dia/Plat:HH,IHG,BW,Accor
Posts: 1,965
United - If you send a copy of your AA gold card, they should give you gold for 3 month, and if you fly 5,000 miles with United within those 3 months, which in your case you are (if you chose united) , they will give you gold for a complete year.
Mar 23, 2015 | 8:45 am
#1055
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: beloved SUB
Programs: Garuda, SQ KF, Le Club, SPG, Marriott Rewards, HHonors
Posts: 25
Looking for status match with GA GarudaMiles, anyone has any experiences? Planning to do it with FlyingBlue, but I think I will 'pass' through another alliance FFP first? Any ideas?
Mar 24, 2015 | 2:02 am
#1056
Join Date: May 2014
Programs: TK Elite (*A Gold)
Posts: 62
You already got SkyTeam by Flying Blue? Well Garuda is SkyTeam too, so what is the issue?
Mar 24, 2015 | 4:49 am
#1058
Suspended
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: MAN,TLV
Programs: Silver:BA,VX,AB, QF. Gold:A3,RJ,AZ,GF, EY,SPG,Marriott,Choice, Carlson. Dia/Plat:HH,IHG,BW,Accor
Posts: 1,965
Until around 5 months ago, they didn't really have an official status match promotion, so if they matched your status to silver before that, it would definitely be worth submitting again a request for a status match to gold - because around 6 months ago, I asked them to match my Aegean gold, but they would only give me silver after I book one flight with air berlin or niki, and since then, after the promotion became official,many people have received a match.
So if this match of yours to silver was more than a few months ago, I would advise resubmitting a request. If you think that it would be refused as you have already received a match (albeit to silver), you could open a new account...
Mar 24, 2015 | 6:38 am
#1060
Join Date: Feb 2013
Programs: Many
Posts: 77
A few years ago, I status matched with TK. I'm down to Silver now. In the future, if I wanted to try my luck again with TK, should I try to get a status match using the same TK account (which has some activity) or it is better to create a new one instead?
Mar 24, 2015 | 6:49 am
#1061
Suspended
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: MAN,TLV
Programs: Silver:BA,VX,AB, QF. Gold:A3,RJ,AZ,GF, EY,SPG,Marriott,Choice, Carlson. Dia/Plat:HH,IHG,BW,Accor
Posts: 1,965
If you are worried that you may have to wait a long time and then they might decline to match, there is no problem to open a new account - many people who had NO activity in there TK account received a match - the policy of TK seems to be to match whatever the case, hoping the customer will be persuaded to fly more with TK.
Mar 28, 2015 | 10:43 am
#1065
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Las Vegas
Programs: DL DM, AA PlatPro, Hilton DM, Hyatt Glob, Marriott Titanium, Hertz PC, National EE
Posts: 1,536