Trust me you won't get platinum even if you have another card named "platinum"

After a month of fighting with them about this and numerous emails from email addresses you cannot reply to that come nameless which makes me feel like i'm dealing which a bunch of outsourced call centre people in the middle of no where - they finally reply with the order of management as they call it.

You know what sucks about these things what are you suppose to do if your airline doesn't have a status called platinum i mean like seriously not that many do and don't even get started on Diamond!

How long does the "matched" status last - just this calendar year? 1 year from the match date or until end 2011?

No idea yet. I don't yet have a card - even not a gold one - and the online profile doesn't show dates.

I asked them to send another welcome kit and as it has been 8 weeks and when i did they replied with my card number and pin with no actual response to my question or request. Sigh

Sounds like a wonderful airline to deal with...:eek:

Yeah great huh. But i am excited about flying with them.

Good point. The trip LGW-BUD return even in statusless Y was fine - no worse than other European carriers - I like their 3d animated safety video :)

The 3 hour tour of Budapest I took was pretty amazing too.

If they don't come through with Platinum - which now looks doubtful - I'll credit my OW sectors to BAEC, where I'll be silver (OW Sapphire) by next week anyway. (We'll see which card arrives first...)

Will definitely be back to BUD with the family at some point when I've more time to spare, so Malev's promotion hasn't been a total waste at all.

C'mon guys, MA is a very little airline with 22 planes: you cannot pretend what even bigger airlines cannot afford!

I'm quite happy with my status matching (from Senator LH to Gold MA) and all the benefits I can enjoy while I fly OW: lounges and fast track.
But I do not expect any welcome kit (there's no such thing with MA) or to spend easily my few miles with them...and of course you need to pass through their call center when you need mainly to fly with their partners (after all they have few connections only through BUD) ...it happens also with ST carriers or *A!

By the way, you cannot really complain as the status match is valid for 2 years.

Just to clarify....MA Gold matched in June 2010 produces an MA Gold card until June 2012? Is this what they did for you?

I can confirm after 1.5 months wait - the card was even sent on 12/5 which means they must have sent it via sea mail or something that it expires on Feb 2012.

Also the supposed 'welcome kit' is just a single white piece of paper and a card. It's really really basic. No luggage tags for Malev.

Anyone know what "Bonus travel right transferable to any person" means?

Is the bonus points apply to OW flights so 25% bonus? It's a bit vague in the benefits guide.

To be precise: I got matched in January 2010 with a similar promo and my card is valid until February 2012.

Thanks for clarifying ^

I have just received a complimentary Platinum card from Malev for showing them my Platinum Czech Airlines card and list of flights in 2010 (75 so far)

They give me confirmed biz-class upgrades and a bunch of other groovy stuff that makes the whole experience far more pleasant. So if you're platinum anywhere then give them a go!

i forgot to report back didn't i !

i am very glad to report that under the offer they did/do match fellow OW Emeralds to Duna Club Platinum, and that with Duna Club Platinum you get to gift Duna Club Gold (OW Saph.) to a family member (with all the associated lounge access, business class check-in, etc benefits) !

They don't seem to understand if the top tier on the program you're matching from doesn't use the word 'Platinum', even if it is obviously higher than Gold, Silver and whatever lies beneath.