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An airberlin status match offers you another route to British Airways lounge access

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The Qantas status match ended on the 16th.  This was a tricky one to get, since you needed a New Zealand mailing address to take part, but if that was not a problem then you could have obtained a year of British Airways lounge access by matching any existing frequent flyer status you have.

Whilst that deal has gone away, there is another oneworld status match going on.

airberlin Gold

airberlin is currently matching any non-oneworld frequent flyer status you hold.  This was originally a limited time offer until the end of April but the deadline has now disappeared from the application form.

Full details can be found here, in English, on the airberlin website.

If you have British Airways or Cathay Pacific status then that will not work here.  It is a shame that Virgin Atlantic ended their BA status match on March 1st as that would have solved the problem easily.

The Etihad status match is also now over – but it is less likely that you would succeed in matching them as they are the biggest shareholder in airberlin.

If the only status card you have is with oneworld, you need to get creative.  You need to engineer a match with another oneworld airline and then get airberlin to match you back.

Pull that off and another year of BA lounge access and free seat selection can be yours.  airberlin status will also give you benefits when flying with Etihad and potentially with other members of Etihad Airways Partners as well.

Comments (76)

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  • Pawel says:

    Easy Way

    I have Aegean Gold Card

    First I status match with Gulf Air i took only 2 days

    after this I proceed to Air Berlin and it took 1 week

  • Tracy says:

    I did Cathay to Gulf Air to Airberlin.

    • Mark says:

      Did the same … Was initially refused by airberlin, but quoted some recent successful cases on statusmatcher.com & then it was reconsidered.

      • Idrive says:

        How did you do that? I did not receive my gulfair gold card yet what shall i do to proceed?

        • CV3V says:

          Try a screenshot of your Gulf Air account on their website? Should show your status.

          • Mark P says:

            Yes try that … my Gulf Air Gold card arrived in 2-3 weeks from being approved.

    • darrenf says:

      I’m trying the Cathay to Gulfair to Airberlin route, but Gulfair are yet to respond to my request after a week.

      • idrive says:

        chase them, i got matched after 9 days and a chase made it gold.

  • Mr Bridge says:

    has any got the etihad gold match, i applied but have not heard either wat

  • Xavier says:

    I don’t understand why people go Aegean to Gulf to AB. Aegean is part of *A, AB should match it, or am I missing something?

    • idrive says:

      maybe they want Oneworld Status? or forward expiration date?

      • Xavier HC says:

        I would understand a forward expiration date reason but specifically matching an A3 Gold to a GF Gold in order to match the latter with an AB Gold, I don’t get it. Is AB not matching A3 status?

    • gate4lounge says:

      If you are I’m missing it too. Several A3 to Gulf status match successes are reported on statusmatcher.com

  • CV3V says:

    Gulf Air to Air Berlin match took 2 working days to approve for me and partner. Gold cards and luggage tags arrived 2 weeks later.

  • joe says:

    Is there any way to get an airline to match a hotel gold status?!

  • BA-Flyer says:

    Did anyone manage to get an Etihad status match? I applied and didn’t get any response, despite sending a follow-up email.

  • nick says:

    I have Etihad Guest Gold and Airberline topbonus Gold.

    What’s the best way of getting a matched status from a Star Alliance member?

    Also, very keen to get Virgin status?

    (Can I get Virgin status from Gulf Air? I see they are partners)

    • Matt says:

      Turkish Airlines, definitely – they will match any *A or OW Gold.

      • Rob says:

        Is it ‘any Gold’ or any ‘top tier’? I know they stopped taking BA Silver but Cathay Gold = BA Silver ….

      • Colin JE says:

        Statusmatch.com seems to suggest that Turkish will only match Emerald to their gold, not Sapphire, so not sure if Air Berlin Gold will work?

        If you tell me it will, great, I’ll go for it, though I’m awaiting a reply from EvaAir, also a Star Alliance partner.

        • sm says:

          Tried to get Turkish to match my CX Gold (OWS). Got the following response (after 3 weeks):

          Dear XXX XXXXXXX,

          We have received your e-mail message dated 26 February 2015.

          Please be informed that only Star Alliance Gold , Skyteam Elite Plus and Oneworld Emerald members have an opportunity for Status Match.

          Therefore we are sorry that we are unable to meet your demand positively.

          Related transactions with your Miles & Smiles and more information you may call Call Center 7/24 or You can share your comments, feedback and suggestions via our https://www4.thy.com/customercontact/index.tkf?lang=en by clicking.

          Turkey :+90 212 444 0 THY(849)
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          Thank you for choosing us on your travels.

          Sincerely Yours,

          Turkish Airlines INC.
          Customer Relations Center

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