Airline Status Match Master Thread
#1366
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: IAD
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#1368
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: IAD
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#1370
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: FLR
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I was upgraded to Avianca Brazil - StarAlliance Gold. I can print the PDF of the card however I'd like to receive the physical card for the lounges.
Anyone of you received the physical Avianca Gold card after the status match?
Anyone of you received the physical Avianca Gold card after the status match?
#1372
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Seat 1L these days :)
Programs: AF Platinum/AY LUMO/SK EBG/baEC S/HYATT Globalist/MR LTP/A3 *G/HH Dia/IHG plat
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#1373
Join Date: Aug 2015
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#1374
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Seat 1L these days :)
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But realistically why should they send a hard copy if one doesnt credit to them
I know that is not the plan for most but it is something to keep in mind if one gets these matches
#1376
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: New Zealand
Programs: NZ Elite, KQ Gold, Accor Gold, IHG Gold, Choice Gold
Posts: 672
It's a pretty involved process, taking several emails and phone calls. If successful you might be granted Gold status (rather than Elite) but won't get the upgrade vouchers until you qualify properly.
In short: their status match is very much the exception rather than the rule.
#1377
formerly danblar
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: SFO
Posts: 249
To expedite your match request with NZ, here is what you should include in your initial correspondence:
- Your current elite status membership card, must be in photo form - screenshots of online card is not accepted (Current status cannot be *A, VA or any other partner)
- 12 month account statement, also indicating your current status
- E-ticket/PNR of upcoming NZ bookings
- List of routes you are likely to frequent - I would also include the class of service you would most likely fly in.
#1378
Moderator Hilton Honors, Travel News, West, The Suggestion Box, Smoking Lounge & DiningBuzz
Join Date: Jun 2000
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NOT including AirBerlin, is there any OneWorld carrier that would (quickly) match to United Gold?
#1379
Join Date: May 2015
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Airberlin will now only match German/Swiss/Austrian residents. I know that Finnair will grant matches exceptionally of you are only 1000 miles short or if you have flown multiple paid long-hauls. LAN will match if you copy your account statement with movements in Latin America. AA, BA and IB do not match to start with. Go to statusmathcer.com to see reports of statusmatches.
#1380
Moderator Hilton Honors, Travel News, West, The Suggestion Box, Smoking Lounge & DiningBuzz
Join Date: Jun 2000
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Sounds pretty grim, then. Thanks for the report. I spent some time on statusmatcher and it looks like the only ones doing matches require past or future travel on the carrier.