Flying Blue (SkyTeam) status match – your last chance

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• Ben E says:

  7 Jul7 July 11:42

  Still nothing back from them yet, despite various emails and facebook posts. Will keep you updated. B

• VS says:

  8 Jul8 July 09:34

  I assume the Cathay Gold is not actually the equivalent of “Gold on another program” as far as KLM / SkyTeam is concerned…?

  • Rob says:

    8 Jul8 July 10:09

    It should be, because Gold is NOT the top tier in FB – Platinum is. This is the same as the Cathay system

    FB Gold is actually BA Silver equivalent, although I doubt they will match this.

• Susan says:

  8 Jul8 July 09:52

  Cathay Gold worked fine for the KLM status match a few months ago where FB forgot to specify it was for certain countries only. OW sapphire + Skyteam elite plus and suddenly that Amex Plat fee is starting to look rather good value. Thanks of course also to HfP for the heads up.

• Daftboy says:

  8 Jul8 July 13:37

  I have flown this route from Manston and submitted my information to FlyingBlue (that’s my TR above) but as of yet have not heard anything roughly three weeks later. The flyer does say the new status will be applied within a month, so they don’t exactly promise a swift turnaround!

  I did take the time to email them before booking my flight to check if my gold card counted (the largely worthless Aer Lingus Gold Circle, free via the BD status match last year) and they responded in the affirmative, so I am reasonably confident it should work.

• Ben E says:

  9 Jul9 July 11:12

  Finally a response on email after 5 weeks and 2 days:

  Dear Mr E

  We acknowledge receipt of your email. From the outset we wish to offer our sincere apologies on behalf of Air France KLM for this belated reply.

  Your request for a Gold status membership has been forwarded to the relevant department and should be duly processed within the next few days.

  Many thanks for your interest in this promotion.

  We shall get back in contact with you shortly to confirm your new status with Flying Blue.

  With kind regards

  The Flying Blue Team

  • Daftboy says:

    9 Jul9 July 15:49

    I’ve had essentially the same response today, although without any apology – what an outrage 😉

    So that was worth a trip to Manston I guess!

• Ben E says:

  12 Jul12 July 09:59

  Dear Mr E,

  I am pleased to advise that we have upgraded your Flying Blue membership to Gold status.

  You will receive your Gold card in 4 – 6 weeks, but in the meantime you can download and print a temporary Gold card by logging into your account from the link below.

  • Ben E says:

    12 Jul12 July 09:59

    YEAHHHHHHHH

    • Rob says:

      12 Jul12 July 10:11

      Glad it worked out in the end!

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