Welcome to FlyerTalk, roder! Unfortunately you can only be matched to the level that you have with a different carrier, in this case Premier with United. To be matched to Premier Exec you would need mid tier status with another carrier.

For a recent challenge I did not have to mail in the physical card.
Usually I understand a fax with a legible copy of the card suffices.
Only one earlier post refers to an actual mailing since the card
could not be phtocopied. Even if you would have to mail it in
there is no cause to worry since the new cards are issued
again in Feb/Mar. So you would have a replacement pretty quick.
Due to some sort of urgency I was able to do it via E-mail, but I
think I was a special case. In any case contact UA and they
will give you instructions how to proceed. Good luck.

OK, I'm taking a flier [sic] on this one, but I am 1K with UA, and would like to travel on BA. Any chance of a status match with BA for the BOS-LHR runs I have to do?

Hey guys I need some help on selecting which airline should I match my status to. I'm currently *silver (should go until Feb 09) with UA based in PHL. Last year I made my 2P status based on flying mostly US/UA metals.

This year, I predict my flying pattern to be as follow:
PHL-SEA/SFO/SBA
PHL-MEX
PHL-IND or some other midwestern places

There should be a 1 week of Eurotrip in there somewhere, and maybe Israel at the end of the year, depending on financial situation. PHL-IND and a part of the Eurotrip may be sponsored by my company, if I can find a conference to go to in Europe.

I realize that PHL is a *A hub and it'd make more sense to stick with *A, but now I have noticed that skyteam (DL, NW) are pushing out cheap fares on PHL. Since I travel mostly with my own money, I would like to save some while I'm at it. Any advice as to what I should do? Thanks in advance!

EVA Apparently Offers a Limited Silver Match:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=755182

Folks,
a quick review of this thread shows some fairly old references to Air Canada's lack of "Status Matching". Does anybody have any recent experience in success with Aeroplan and how did you achieve it?. I'm currently Platinum (i.e OneWorld Emerald) with Qantas and looking to do a whole lot of Canadian travel this year. Hopefully to Super-elite, as opposed to Elite

I tried to email my DL Dec statement as a .pdf showing PM (made it on Xmas day!) to the UA status match email address. I got this reply:
They didn't ask for my DL card, or even a copy of it, just the statement. But they seem to prefer fax due to "security issues." I suppose I could have converted it to .jpg and embedded it in an email instead of attaching it, but I just went ahead and faxed it.

Update UA and Us Airways status match
 

Have AA Platinum. Trying to match status with US and Us Airways:

UA, fax number changed to 605-343-4104; and (NEW CONDITION!!!) before they give you the mid-tier status, you will have to earn 15,000 miles on United (or Ted) in 90 days.

Us Airways, the old woman (by her voice) abruptly interrupted me and said "we do not match from one airline to another; you have to earn your status by flying with Us Airways." (sounds very harsh)

So- it's not easy to be a flyer now...

Thank you for contacting US Airways.

I apologize for any inconvenience you may have experienced.

We would like to thank you for your interest in US Airways. As of June
15, 2007, we no longer offer matches to other airlines' preferred
status.

We appreciate your continued patronage of US Airways.

Antwayne White
Dividend Miles Service Center

Star Alliance
 

Are there any Star Alliance carriers left (apart from BMI) who will match status?

As late as a few months ago, anyone could buy elite status from US. They were offering to sell Gold for $400 and Platinum for $600. Shows you how little they think their product is worth... and they're right! Not sure if that's still available but you may want to call.

Rejected every time I tried, so I rarely fly them. If you're travelling within Canada, you don't have much choice.

But if you're flying transborder, there are lots of domestic options to Canada. Plus even if you get Elite/SuperElite status, what's the point? Their upgrade policy sucks and their fares are generally higher than AA.

I'm not going to pay $1,500 RT Y on a once a day AC nonstop SFO-YUL with no upgrade (they don't honor UA 1P) when I can pay $400-$500 RT on AA SFO-DFW/ORD-YUL with an upgrade.

I would stick with oneworld and QF/AA.

When did you contact them and when did you receive a response? I've sent 2 faxes to that number since the beginning of this year, and haven't heard anything back...:mad: Thanks!

I called yesterday. Maybe that means they will not reply before we earn that 15000 miles...

what can we say... poor US Airways