Will KLM and/or BA match?
 

Does anybody know if either KLM or BA will match status? I will need to shift my Germany-Hong Kong business to another airline from Feb07 (had 6 roundtrips in C this summer/fall) and consider either KLM or BA.

Any suggestions? Thanks :)

At least for BA chances are not too good to get matched. Anyway I'd give them a try. BA's and CX's C product is much better compared to AF/KL. If you start flying BA/CX you'll in C you'll get BA Silver (mid tier in OW) pretty soon. As you are based in Berlin (at least I guess so ;) ) you only need 400 tp's and after youor first BA flight to HKG in C you'll already have 360 points! So you could easily make it to BA gold within the summer. And as CX also offers a great product you can avoid LHR and route through FRA which is at least a little better :rolleyes:

Don't know about status match with Flying Blue but I don't like this program and would always go for BA again!

Cheers
totti

Didn´t even think about CX yet, but it would make sense. Have never been on one of their flights. Of course a status match would be nice because of all the extra bonus miles :)

Sure that's right. Have a look at LH-Fan's thread in the LH forum. They comped him to BA silver but I guess it is not a standard procedure ;)

If you have a longhaul C flight left this year have a look at the BA promo going on till the end of the year. One flight in CW out of old europe will give you more than 50k miles in addition to the ones you earn on the flight. ^ Information can be found in the BA forum.

Cheers
totti

OW carriers in general don't status match. There are odd exceptions, but they are very far and few between.

Just got match on UA, ask for challenge?
 

Thanks to the advice on this board, I recently requested UA Premier (2P) based on my NW Silver and it was granted. The more I read about the benefits in Premier Executive (1P), I realize that's where all the good stuff happens.

Does UA offer challenges? How many miles do I need within how many days to qualify for 1P? I'll be travelling monthly to Europe on SAS which is a Star Alliance partner. My only flights on UA will be <500 mile connections to the SK hubs in IAD, EWR or ORD. Based on this information, do you think a challenge is possible?

Thanks!

I am going to be Gold soon with Delta, and next year, probally plan on splitting up my flights between DL/United. Would it be likely UA would comp me to 1P based on the DL gold status? Right now I am only a 3P with United

I had sent my request including my AA EXP statement and card to this number. I checked back with them after about a week, this time I was connected to a Fort Lauderdale office and they gave me the fax number of (305) 370-3514. I re-faxed my info in, they said it would take 3-4 weeks. Less than 24 hours later I got an email telling me I was upgraded to Platinum through 02/08. Not CP, but I'm satisfied (especially as I have 11K lifetime miles on US). I was able to immediately go back in to my two existing reservations and select exit rows that were blocked for me before.

What would FB silver give? Not that I have put a foot on a Sky Team flight all year but I can privide history from there and from AP (which is what I have been using this year).

/E

Status Match usualy within 24 hours!
 

I did it for United and Continental got matched within 24 hours United Premier Executive and Continental Platinum. Continental I did not need anything besides my latest AAdvantage statement. If you contact me I will try to help you do these as well.

I have over 150k EQMs on NW this year. Will UA match for 1K status?

Nope, but they'll give you Premier Exec. (1P).

Hmm... :(

So how are the upgrades for Premier Exec? I cannot fathom having to fly another 150k to prove myself to another airline though when I just did it already.

So why not stick with NW unless your routing is changing significantly, or you're moving away from a NW hub?

I found out some interesting information from my corporate travel agent about status matches from UA and NW. Apparently they have some very, very limited ability to get some 1K comps, but at our company these are limited to a few high level execs. I didn't make the cut and so they would only offer to get UA to match Prem Exec (which I obviously could get on my own by faxing UA). For NW there is a much greater pool eligible for comp/match to Plat, many people in our company get this, even some from mid-tier in other programs. In the end, even my 200k+ with NW year to date and a high portion in WBC was not enough to get 1K match on UA.