Free Qantas Gold (ie BA Silver) if you have any other Gold card …. with a catch

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• RT says:

  24 Feb24 February 14:31

  I wonder if Amex Plat will ever re-sign with say Marco Polo or something similar again?…

  • Rob says:

    24 Feb24 February 16:12

    Unlikely. That was an amazingly lucky deal if you lived in the UK (it was a globally arranged promo). Even if Amex pulled it off again, it would be with someone like Etihad, Emirates or perhaps even a member of SkyTeam or Star Alliance – ie not hugely useful.

    The only airline I can see being up for it which would benefit us would be Qatar, and that is still a very long shot.

• Matt says:

  24 Feb24 February 14:41

  The Turkish Airlines status match is also still going well – matched my soon-to-expire Aegean Gold to Turkish Elite for 2 more years of Star Alliance Gold benefits. May be of interest to some.

  • Rob says:

    24 Feb24 February 16:11

    Turkish is excellent BUT you need to match a card from a major alliance. I want to do it again but I only have Virgin and Etihad alongside BA (which I have already matched).

  • Alan says:

    24 Feb24 February 22:04

    Ohh – that is interesting, didn’t realise they did that. My A3*G expires the end of this year (free from BD*G) so would be good to match to TK again. I wasn’t clear from your post, Raffles – they accept BA, do they accept VS and EY too? Do you know if they will re-match an existing account or do you need to open a new one?

    • Rob says:

      25 Feb25 February 08:31

      Turkish will only accept a Gold from an airline in Star Alliance or oneworld or SkyTeam.

      • Alan says:

        25 Feb25 February 10:36

        Excellent, have OW and *A so no issues – will give me another two years once A3 expires. Will try and leave it another six months and hope the offer is still going…

  • Lady London says:

    25 Feb25 February 02:50

    Was there any reason you chose Turkish over Aegean for a further two years, Matt?

    • Matt says:

      25 Feb25 February 03:36

      Has to be a card from *A or OW -no Etihad, no Virgin, sadly. Aegean status was expiring and due to the 4 segments on A3 metal I wasn’t going to be able to renew it, so Turkish gives a good way out (and also generous renewal terms, especially over the 2 years).

      Info from Rob’s earlier post is at https://headforpoints.com/2014/01/05/turkish-airlines-still-offering-a-star-alliance-status-match-to-ba-golds/ and is still valid.

      • Alan says:

        25 Feb25 February 05:43

        Thanks for that info, Mark.

• mikeact says:

  24 Feb24 February 17:01

  They gave me 3 months, and that’s it, unless I fly a ton of miles with them.

  • Luke says:

    24 Feb24 February 18:28

    How long did they take to reply to your email?

• Gnome says:

  24 Feb24 February 17:02

  Offtopic: Is NS&I now declining 3.95 Visa gift cards?

  Hi Raffles

  I attempted today to pay a (£3.95 fee) Visa gift card into an NS&I Direct Saver account but was declined.
  The card was registered and the balance confirmed as £50.
  I also attempted to pay in an unregistered card, with the same result.
  A third card from the same batch was used to purchase an Amazon gift certificate successfully.

  Is this a new development?

  Related: https://headforpoints.com/2014/09/22/free-avios-points-with-tesco-visa-gift-cards/

  • Brendan says:

    24 Feb24 February 17:25

    Yes its been this way for the past week or so. Looks as though this avenue is now dead.

  • Rob says:

    24 Feb24 February 21:26

    It does appear to be dead. A couple of people have raised this over the last 2-3 days. I am just waiting to see if it is a glitch or permanent.

• Shayele says:

  24 Feb24 February 18:05

  Just musing. Could I use just any address in new zealand (never receiveing the physical card) then change my address and reorder card?

  • Jon says:

    24 Feb24 February 20:41

    I doubt it. When the card pack is returned to sender, Qantas may cancel account or status match.

• Airline Status Match Master Thread: 2013-2014 - Page 69 - FlyerTalk Forums says:

  24 Feb24 February 18:51

  […] Here is the link for the new Qantas (one world) status match promotion which is on until 9th March. They seem to be matching all gold cards, except for Emirates. Only valid for NZ residents, although you may find a way to receive it… See also this. […]

• Test says:

  24 Feb24 February 19:15

  This is very good news.I’m going for it .Thanks for sharing .

• Ben says:

  25 Feb25 February 16:26

  Is it not simpler to status match to air Berlin via gulf air? Unless there is a benefit with Quantas Gold I don’t know about.

  • Rob says:

    25 Feb25 February 16:38

    As you say, AB requires you to go via Gulf Air. Qantas is easier if you have an address. I will cover the AB match soon though.

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