cabrits, you can write anything within reason (i.e., anything but "I want this status match so that I can get an upgrade for the one trip I have planned with your airline, and I never plan on flying with you again). You could say that you're frustrated with your current airline of choice, your travel patterns have changed, you've moved, you want to give a new airline a try, etc.

fyi.... faxed matching requests to both NW and DL on 11/27 PM. Northwest responded asking for 6mo flight log on 12/1 (which I promply faxed). As of 12/7 neither has granted or declined. Flying 12/8 and had hoped t have match by one by then.... oh well - flying with group 5 boarding tomorrow :-(

Perhaps 5 days

UA 1P >> DL Gold?
 

anyone know of or have recent experience of going DL Gold from UA 1P? i'm also NW silver; should i include that credential when asking for DL Gold?

No need to include NW Silver, as 1P should do it for DL Gold.:)

Most airlines are a one-time deal. AA does allow you to repeat a challenge, but only if you have no status.

CO to NW?
 

Hi folks.

I just achieved my Gold with CO and am considering status match to NW. Rationale:
*I fly about 50% of my miles with AS within AK, and they will upgrade NW Elite but not CO.
*I fly ANC-CLE quite a bit, usually on NW, which means I only get 50% EQM. Why not start the year out getting 100% of them?
*CO's defection to *A and NW/DL merger--I'd rather stay in SkyTeam since my family is located in the ATL/AL area, Delta's hub.
*Upcoming trip with husband and I found out (correct me if I'm wrong) that NW will not UG companions for CO Gold. Correct?
*Hopefully after this year hubby and I will be moving to New Mexico, where I won't be doing nearly as much travel and, if I do, it'll be on SW primarily.

Basically I'm waiting for someone to give me good reasons not to do this and also what I should send them. For some reason, this makes me nervous.

Help please!?!?

Nice Info!

Yeah they are really quick now.

I remember I did a match for my co-worker last year and it took 6 weeks.

Then we flew to LAS over the weekend. On Thursday nothing at check-in :(

On Sunday he got his F bp :cool:

Well, you can certainly try your luck.

The only risk might be that CO is still SkyTeam so they might not match it right now.

But next year they convert to *A so either they match you anyways because they have that in mind or the latest when the transition is completed.

You can just send them an email to check it out.

They got back to me very quickly in fact... I've been given One Pass Gold status (i.e. Elite status, as opposed to E+ on FB)... I hope this will get me a few complimentary international upgrades at least...
Cheers!

Huh? Anything on CO does not give you complimentary international upgrades.. I must have missed something.

Editing: Yes I did miss something by having not read the previous posts! :p

NZ Comps
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/air-n...omping-ge.html

I'm feeling neglected :-(

3 weeks and nothing from either DL or NW for my UA 1k match request.. and 3 cross country segments on DL in the mean time

? for New NWA Status Matchers
 

whose approval letter/email stated they matched through 2010 and have already received your new WorldPerks card:

Does your new card reflect your extended status promised through Feb 2010 or does the card simply list good through Feb 2009?

I requested a match to Platinum Elite in mid November but never received the "official" approval letter/email. iirc, that's where most FTers said NWA noted the 2010 extension language.

Evidently, I was approved as my new Platinum card and package arrived today but the card has an end date of Feb 2009. :(

Before I contact NWA and request an extension I just want to see what the cards of y'all who were promised the extension states.

thanks