Yep, I can confirm that I was matched to Platinum - this was done by them automatically, I didn't have to push or make my case, it just happened after I applied for the offer.

If I were you I would call and remind them that the promo page clearly states that they will match you to the relevant equiv. status in Malev, and that nowhere does it say that this does not apply to their Platinum status.

Good luck!

In this case i am afraid that VS Flying Club Gold will be recognized as gold, as well as bmi DC Gold, so at last the word confusion will make me Gold with Duna Club... But i'll try anyway. Thanks for the luck.

So for Oneworld it seems Emerald can get platinum

but for other alliances in general it is gold,

Make sense I guess as Star Gold on NZ only gets you business lounge access where as Emerald on oneworld gets you first class lounge access, and for one flight it is hardly anything to complain about.

No, QF Platinum (OW Emerald) will get you gold on MA, but BA Gold (OW Emerald) will not.

(Also NZ Gold Elite (not just Gold) does get First Class lounge access where one is available, as it is at LHR T1.)

Sorry does that mean they don't match BA Gold(Emerald) to Malev Gold(Sapphire), but would match for Qantas, that makes sense :confused:

So they have a first class lounge T1 at LHR you learn something new everyday that can be accessed by star golds? so for example a UA 1K could access the first class lounge of another star carrier? when flying economy? I do not know much about the Star status levels and always thought gold was it network wise and different member airlines did not recognize higher level star golds from each airline, in the same way that Oneworld does with Sapphire and Emerald

They will match BA Gold(Emerald) to MA Gold (Sapphire), and QF Plat(Emerald) to MA Plat (Emerald).

I believe the First Class lounge access at LRH is when flying on the airline of the program with whom you have the top tier status (higher than *Gold), for those *A programmes that have a tier higher than *Gold (unlike, say, BMI Diamond Club).

The F lounge access for NZ Gold Elites applies at certain cities (eg LHR, PEK, etc) when flying Air NZ only. It is not a standard *G benefit.

I am about to do this Status Match but I need some clarification.

Going from London the best return flight for me is a BA flight to LHR - in order to book this on one ticket (thus get the restricted BA I-Class ticket) it needs to be booked as a return. This means the outbound flight would be a BA codeshare on a Malev flight;

Question is: would a codeshare be accepted by Malev? I feel "the Computer says no" is very likely.

No, it has to be a Malev coded flight.

Also they told me that in the current offer they automatically only match up to gold, matching to platinum was a supervisor decision and they gave me the contact info, so now i will see what he says on this (matching from VS Gold / bmi Gold...)

Many thanks - I figured that would be the case.

I am attempting to match my CO Platinum so that I have Emerald until I build up my own BA Gold status. I am hoping that CO Plat will be good enough for a Platinum match (based on the QF Platinum referenced above).

Edit: before I book, can someone confirm if you only need to have a oneway on Malev and not return? I'd rather be on the BA flight back and do Econ despite costing almost the same but my partner is leaving at the same time to another city. Many thanks.

Thanks for that - I was getting confused and was about to query ...

How long does it take them to status match? I am due to drop a level tomorrow as my QF Gold expires then, but flown the flights a few days ago, and submitted about 2 days ago! I hope I will get status match as I flew and submitted my details before my membership was up!! :)

It was pretty quick - a matter of a few days before Gold showed up on my Duna Club logon.

However, it's 4 months later and I still don't have a physical card to go with the status :(

If I do this, can I then use Malev's card to access lounges while crediting the flight to a different program? This was asked earlier in the thread but haven't seen an answer...

I don't see why not, but as always, its up to the lounge dragon of the carrier you are flying.

I've used QF cards to enter BA lounges while crediting BAEC.

Still haven't got my Malev Card, so I can't vouch for that, but I see no issue if it has your name and OW Sapphire.