Status match
Jan 28, 2012, 4:23 pm
#166
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Germany
Programs: GP Dia, HH Dia, Marriott Gold, Club Carlson Gold
Posts: 139
still havent received mine and I was matched at the beginning of Nov! Oh well, 9/10 they welcome me as elite and dont need the card
Jan 31, 2012, 12:40 pm
#167
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: San Jose, CA
Programs: DL DM, HH Gold, SPG Gold, Hyatt Plat
Posts: 2,874
I am HHonors Gold and emailed about the status match. Email response came 1 day later saying they were upgrading my CC account to Silver. Did I get the shaft here? Seems like most of you went from Gold to Gold.
Thank you for taking the time to write.
We appreciate your recent message.
Thank you for participating in the Status Match Program, we have upgraded your Club Carlson account to Silver status. Please review the list of elite benefits below.
Elite Membership Benefits
Silver
25% Points Bonus
Late check out (based on availability)
Best Available Room in the category booked Special Points plus cash offers Priority full- service Member Services telephone number
- In Europe, the Middle East and Africa, you'll also enjoy the following Elite membership benefits:
10% off weekend rates
Double occupancy for a single rate
Thank you for allowing us the opportunity to assist you.
We appreciate your recent message.
Thank you for participating in the Status Match Program, we have upgraded your Club Carlson account to Silver status. Please review the list of elite benefits below.
Elite Membership Benefits
Silver
25% Points Bonus
Late check out (based on availability)
Best Available Room in the category booked Special Points plus cash offers Priority full- service Member Services telephone number
- In Europe, the Middle East and Africa, you'll also enjoy the following Elite membership benefits:
10% off weekend rates
Double occupancy for a single rate
Thank you for allowing us the opportunity to assist you.
Jan 31, 2012, 7:00 pm
#169
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: San Jose, CA
Programs: DL DM, HH Gold, SPG Gold, Hyatt Plat
Posts: 2,874
This might be the case, as I just signed up for CC a few months before and haven't had a stay yet. Maybe people that got CC gold already had some status or history of stays with CC.
Jan 31, 2012, 11:44 pm
#170
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 72
You have to actually go HHonors Gold-> PC Platinum-> CC Gold route. I was given silver first but then I got PC Platinum and got gold through feb 2013 then.
Feb 1, 2012, 1:07 am
#171
Join Date: May 2006
Location: BOS and ...
Programs: UA 2MM, AA 600k, DL 500k, Hyatt GP 1M, HH Gold, Rad. Gold, CP Gold, Miracle Fruit-su Club
Posts: 9,950
I agree, but shouldn't the caveat be added that you need to consider the consequences of the PC path - e.g., that it may be a once-in-a-lifetime thing - especially a concern if it will be difficult to maintain all the elite statuses (-i) in the same year?
Feb 1, 2012, 4:20 am
#172
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 72
I agree, try to get status matched only if you can maintain it, unless soemthing like HHonors Gold/accor platinum offers come up :-)
Feb 1, 2012, 7:43 am
#173
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: mountains of western NC
Programs: Life, Love and Laughter
Posts: 8,539
Feb 16, 2012, 5:28 am
#174
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: MUC (home), DUS (office), XXX (customer)
Programs: LH, AB, SPG, CC, Sixt, EC
Posts: 6,334
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Feb 16, 2012, 8:05 am
#175
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: New York, NY
Programs: The Golden status boy
Posts: 854
CC is tricky. After my Silver Elite status match, and with the triple points promo, I find myself booking their hotels more and more, even if it means that I have to stay at a Country Inn near the airport. Combined with the 50,000 point promo, I've gotten 9 quality hotels for personal trips on points alone.
Hyatt, you are on notice.
Hyatt, you are on notice.
Feb 16, 2012, 10:22 am
#176
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Germany
Programs: GP Dia, HH Dia, Marriott Gold, Club Carlson Gold
Posts: 139
And in regards to going from HH Gold to CC Silver, thats bananas. I signed up an hour before I emailed requesting a status match and was instantly changed to CC gold. I'd say call or email in and try to find out if they can bump you up.
Feb 16, 2012, 11:35 am
#177
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: CHS
Programs: Delta, AA, BA, United, Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Honors Diamond, SPG Marriott Gold, Sixt Platinum
Posts: 1,142
How long is it good for?
Any idea how long the status match is good for. I got mt gold about a week ago, and hope it's not just 90 days. I have a big Radisson Blu stay in May.
Feb 16, 2012, 11:42 am
#178
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Riga, Latvia, EU
Programs: SK Lifetime EB*G, HHonors Diamond, BalticMiles VIP, Turkish Airlines Miles@Smiles, Club Carlson
Posts: 321
Much to my surprise my CC Gold card tells "Status valid trough 02/14"
Nice 
Feb 16, 2012, 1:46 pm
#179
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: All over
Programs: Most
Posts: 10,839
Emailed Club Carlson a copy of my SPG account statement that showed 109 stays last year on 12th and received a reply back on 14th. Seems that they don't match higher than Gold.
Is interesting to see how their properties compare to Hilton, Hyatt, InterContinental, Marriott, and SPG. Just had a stay at the Radisson Blu Denarau and wasn't too satisfied.
Is interesting to see how their properties compare to Hilton, Hyatt, InterContinental, Marriott, and SPG. Just had a stay at the Radisson Blu Denarau and wasn't too satisfied.
Mar 3, 2012, 2:50 am
#180
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Little dot in Asia
Programs: AA-EP, TK-*G, HL-DM, HY-GLO, MR-LTP
Posts: 25,932
Does anyone know if they'll status match again if I've been matched before?
I did not stay at the hotels through the year and only did so at the end of the year. Now it looks like I will be a regular stayer...
I dropped to Silver on March 1st ..
I did not stay at the hotels through the year and only did so at the end of the year. Now it looks like I will be a regular stayer...
I dropped to Silver on March 1st ..