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Apr 29, 2015 | 12:43 pm

#1096

dungeonlurker

Join Date: Jul 2011

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Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnRain

Did someone recently and successfully apply for the Delta Status Challenge?

I have, from United.

Apr 30, 2015 | 4:01 am

#1097

JohnRain

Join Date: Jun 2009

Location: Geneva, Dubai, Paris

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Quote:

Originally Posted by dungeonlurker

I have, from United.

Thanks. How long did it take?

Apr 30, 2015 | 4:37 pm

#1098

nanini

Join Date: May 2014

Programs: A3*G, LH, TP

Posts: 5

Status Match from A3

Hey all!

I was lucky enough to make the cut before Aegean changed their program in November, so now I'm a proud owner of a Gold Card with A3.

I'm now looking into Status matching, and my first attempt will be with Topbonus from Air Berlin, to get me into Oneworld. Should I try another one instead? I'm European and don't really travel in the US so I'm not sure it will work with an American Airline.

But my problem is Skyteam, as I can't seem to find a company that would give me a match. Any ideas/success stories?

As I said I'm Gold with A3 and travel very frequently but mostly in Europe.

Thanks!

Last edited by nanini; Apr 30, 2015 at 5:50 pm

May 1, 2015 | 5:28 am

#1099

dungeonlurker

Join Date: Jul 2011

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Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnRain

Thanks. How long did it take?

About 3 weeks. Tweeting @DeltaAssist got it expedited immediately.

May 4, 2015 | 4:52 am

#1100

Kenji

Join Date: Apr 2003

Location: Mainz/Frankfurt, Germany

Programs: A3*G, LH FTL, BA SILVER, MR LTTE, was HH/D now Gold

Posts: 257

matched BA Gold to DL Platinum
need to fly 18,000 MQM to renew.

Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnRain

Did someone recently and successfully apply for the Delta Status Challenge?

May 4, 2015 | 6:00 am

#1101

JohnRain

Join Date: Jun 2009

Location: Geneva, Dubai, Paris

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Quote:

Originally Posted by dungeonlurker

About 3 weeks. Tweeting @DeltaAssist got it expedited immediately.

Thanks for the tip, dungeonlurker. Have tweeted them as well, hopefully it will speed things up as I'm flying with DL on Friday.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kenji

matched BA Gold to DL Platinum
need to fly 18,000 MQM to renew.

Thanks for the data point, Kenji.

May 5, 2015 | 1:32 am

#1102

jms_uk

Join Date: Dec 2008

Location: London

Programs: LH SEN, SK Silver, Sixt Diamond, Hertz PC, Avis PC, Bonvoy Gold

Posts: 5,273

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kenji

matched BA Gold to DL Platinum
need to fly 18,000 MQM to renew.

But no SkyTeam benefits, right?

May 6, 2015 | 12:09 am

#1103

Culture Guru

Join Date: Aug 2008

Location: Netherlands

Programs: TK Elite, SK EB Gold

Posts: 1,280

TK to Air Berlin match

Requested a match from TK Elite, and received a Top Bonus Gold in less than a day.

Fantastic customer service. Have a few Oneworld flights coming up where I can use the elite access

May 6, 2015 | 12:28 am

#1104

JohnRain

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Quote:

Originally Posted by dungeonlurker

About 3 weeks. Tweeting @DeltaAssist got it expedited immediately.

Unfortunately the Twitter shortcut doesn't seem to work anymore.
DL tweeted me back yesterday that the requests would be processed in the order they are received and that they have a huge backlog...

May 6, 2015 | 6:58 am

#1105

dungeonlurker

Join Date: Jul 2011

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Quote:

Unfortunately the Twitter shortcut doesn't seem to work anymore.
DL tweeted me back yesterday that the requests would be processed in the order they are received and that they have a huge backlog...

Sorry to hear that... I suggest you try again if it hasn't been processed yet in a week or so. First time I messaged them, they said the same. Second time, they got it done in less than 2 minutes. Make sure to include your SkyMiles number, of course.

Quote:

But no SkyTeam benefits, right?

You get full SkyTeam benefits, with the exception of some SkyTeam partner lounges if they require a physical elite card since you will not be issued a physical elite card.

May 6, 2015 | 7:06 am

#1106

JohnRain

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Quote:

Originally Posted by dungeonlurker

Will do, thanks. Did you tweet them or did you use Twitter's "Direct Message" feature?

May 6, 2015 | 7:13 am

#1107

koolaw

Join Date: Apr 2013

Posts: 5

Wrong thread...sorry

Last edited by koolaw; May 6, 2015 at 7:17 am Reason: Wrong thread!

May 6, 2015 | 3:14 pm

#1108

stuart_f

Join Date: Apr 2015

Location: Oxford

Programs: Skyteam Elite+, VS Red, HHonours Diamond, Accor Plat

Posts: 630

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jetstreamer

I applied for a Gulf Air status match around 3.5 weeks ago but have had nothing back and status is still blue. Has anyone waited longer than this?

First emailed 31 Mar, followed up 14 Apr. Didn't get a response to either email and I'm still Gulf Air Blue. I guess they don't want my business.

May 6, 2015 | 4:04 pm

#1109

nacho

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Quote:

Originally Posted by stuart_f

First emailed 31 Mar, followed up 14 Apr. Didn't get a response to either email and I'm still Gulf Air Blue. I guess they don't want my business.

Same here.

May 6, 2015 | 7:36 pm

#1110

alpenrock

Join Date: Apr 2010

Location: Toronto.Canada

Programs: AS MVP Gold. Emirates Silver BAEC Silver Air Canada 35k

Posts: 512

I have BA Silver sent to EMIRATES AND AIR CANADA. Emirates sent me said they will match the one below gold . but 3 months no reply sent too many emails still saying me to wait. AIR CANADA Hello,

I am pleased to confirm that we've matched your status to Altitude Elite 35K, which will entitle you to many privileges, such as Priority Airport and Reservation services, eUpgrade Credits, Star Alliance Silver recognition, and many more. Your status will become effective in our systems within 72 hours and you will be invited to choose your Select Privileges by logging in to altitude.aircanada.com.

Kindly note that we will not match your status again in the future. Going forward, you will be required to meet the published qualifying criteria in order to reach Air Canada Altitude status.

With kindest regards,
Air Canada Loyalty Marketing

emirates Thank you for your email regarding your Skywards tier status.

We do appreciate your choice to fly more frequently with Emirates, however we are unable to offer you the Skywards Gold on this occasion.

Emirates Skywards currently offers tier upgrades only to the next higher Tier. Your current Skywards tier is Blue, please let us know if you would like us to review your request for the Silver status.

Thank you for your understanding and support of Emirates.

Yours sincerely,

Kwin de Guzman
Skywards Member Services