Me too! lol. I think the discrepancy is due to the fact that the policy changed from last year to this year. Last year it was 12.5k in 90days and this year they upped it to 15k in 90days. Don't ask me why though.

My initial e-mail was on 1/10.
The response below was received on 1/12
I shouldn't have a problem with the requirement thank to my upcoming LAX-AKL trip.

Will UA print something out for me showing my status to use at other *Alliance lounges?

From OMA UA always has a slew of weekend cheepo fares to a lot of different destinations and most of the deals are pretty good so I keep saying I need to do a status challenge but then I look at my level of activity and realize that I would have to work hard to requalify. BUT, if I ever go to work for First Data or Gallup I know I would be on UA so I keep that in the back of my head. I stick with NW because I have always had good experiences with them and even to MSP I have good success with UGs.

Once an airline does a status match do you have to qualify for the status for the next year or can you apply for the match again?

A match or challenge will only be offered once in a
lifetime, or at least that's what the concensus is.
So, if you are granted status either thru an outright
match or thru a challenge, it is good only for the
current program year. Status in the next program
year needs to be earned the good old fashioned
way.

My initial fax was on 1/8. Never received a response.
Emailed on 1/16. My partner was matched to 1P (from DL PM) on the same day. Hint: use email [email protected] for UA status matches and attach a PDF of all documentation.
The response below was received on 1/16:

Thank you for your e-mail.

Congratulations! You have been awarded Premier Executive status in the Mileage Plus program! This will make your travel with us comfortable, simple and more rewarding than ever.

Your status will be effective for 90 days. To keep the status through February 2009, just earn 15,000 base flight miles or 18 base flight segments on United, Ted or United Express within 90 days of being granted Premier Executive status. Once you meet that threshold, a Premier Executive kit will be generated and mailed. Until you have a card, be sure to add your Mileage Plus number to your reservation in order to fully benefit from your elite status.

To maintain the status throughout all of 2009, you must earn 50,000 Elite Qualifying Miles (EQM) or 60 Elite Qualifying Segments (EQS) between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2008. EQM and EQS are earned on United, United Express, Ted and the Star Alliance members. For a current list of Star Alliance member airlines, please visit www.united.com/staralliance or www.staralliance.com.

For details about the Mileage Plus elite program, visit www.united.com/elite. I hope you will travel with us often and experience the exceptional service and style reserved for our elite members around the world.

Thank you for choosing United, and enjoy your Premier Executive membership.

He shouldn't have a problem with the requirement, thanks to our upcoming SFO-AKL trip.

ditto what EXLEFTSEAT wrote, but also know that it may vary by airline. WOTS is that UA will only allow you to status match (outright or even via challenge) once in a lifetime.

Nearly the same information as everyone else has posted, but with a question. I think I'm going to be able to qualify as 1P late in the year and also requalify my AA EXP status, so I contacted UA and they did indeed "match" my status to 1P. As others have stated, it came with the 15k miles/18 segments caveat.

In the body of the response, it was mentioned that my status was effective "January 9". I realize I may be asking for speculation, but I flew 7 segments from 1/10 to 1/18 and I'm curious if those will count against my 18. I would assume so given the start date of the match, but I was wondering if anyone else had run into this and would be able to verify?

Thanks!

I can answer my own question (hope that's allowed), in case it comes up for anyone else. Received an e-mail response from MP Customer Relations this morning indicating as part of backdating the status match, they will indeed count flown segments as well as credit elite bonus RDMs from the start date.

Thanks for the info. I was actually worried about this since I flew lax-jfk on 1/13 and received an email a few days later saying that i had my status matched as of the 12th. I guess it has to do with when you sent in your request and when they processed it (I faxed mine)...

Faxed my husband's and my USAirways info on 1/17 and got an email yesterday that we had been granted Premier Status for 90 days. I was surprised how fast they responded!

Has anyone had any success (or failure) in getting UA to match AC status?

be very careful its onlyu UA metal and only economy miles dont ad the bus bonus like I did.
I think lax-syd is 7497 though greatcircle mapper says 7488 so u will need to do another run for 7 or 25 miles depending on who you believe
to get over the threshold

Uhmm just a thought but what if you wait until your account shows the updated status and then just call UA that you "lost" your card and need a replacement. Wouldnt they send automatically the status card as it shows on your account

Luckily I'm flying UA to get to LAX (actually here now, and leaving for AKL tonight!).

In addition to LAX-SYD-LAX on UA metal, I'll have CVG-ORD-LAX and LAX-IAD-CVG.


traveller1971 - I e-mailed UA about lounge access, and the replied that a copy of the e-mail confirming my new status should work at the lounges... In reality, though, YMMV. I'll let you know when I get to SYD and try the lounges.