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

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• Ben E says:

  20 Mar20 March 10:24

  Can someone provide the link for GulfAir status match please?
  And maybe a bit of blurb as to what you need to provide from experience?
  Thanks!

• Receive Free Admirals Club Access with Airberlin Status Match - Travel Codex says:

  20 Mar20 March 10:35

  […] is offering a very open-ended status match offer to its Topbonus Gold tier, as first reported by Head for Points. This includes Sapphire status with the oneworld Alliance, of which American Airlines is a member. […]

• Colin JE says:

  20 Mar20 March 11:12

  Sorry that should read service@topbonus.de

• Colin JE says:

  20 Mar20 March 12:46

  Question: how does the free seat selection on BA work if you have an AirBerlin Gold card?

  • RIccati says:

    20 Mar20 March 13:41

    Use Finnair website to change FF number. Then Manage Booking at ba.com to select a seat. Then back to Finnair to change FF back to BAEC.

  • CV3V says:

    20 Mar20 March 13:42

    You need to use the Manage My Booking Section on Finnair or Qatar to add the AB frequent flyer number. Once that’s done go back to the BA website and free seat selection should be there. Usually works straight away, on one (recent) occasion had to wait about an hour for the BA website to update.

    • Colin JE says:

      20 Mar20 March 15:03

      Wow! It works, got to choose my seats for free. Thanks Guys. How on earth did you discover this?
      Just a thought, but if I leave my BA flights with AirBerlin number, will I get any miles or tier points awarded at AB, even if it’s a reward flight?

      • CV3V says:

        20 Mar20 March 15:27

        You won’t get any points on a reward booking, so it really doesn’t matter where you credit the flight to. Do take the AB Gold card with you when accessing BA lounges just in case though, they can be a fickle bunch, or as proof when using priority boarding.

        I prefer to use the airline which has status on the booking, as then the oneworld status shows on the boarding pass (or at least it used to, didn’t on the last flight).

      • Colin JE says:

        20 Mar20 March 15:57

        How do I change my frequent flyer back again? I keep getting an error, on both websites saying I’ve used the same frequent flyer number more than once

        • CV3V says:

          20 Mar20 March 16:33

          I wouldn’t worry about it on reward flights, both your FF numbers are now in the booking. If you really want to change it, the lounge staff and check in staff can amend it.

        • Mark says:

          20 Mar20 March 18:57

          I think the fact that you booked it as a BA Avios award is the cause of the issue. I have the same issue with an Air Berlin avios redemption – BA shows all seats with my Exec Club number in MMB, but having attached my CX Gold number I no longer see it when I log into my Exec Club account, only if I enter the booking reference number and surname.

          Looking at the booking on other OneWorld sites shows the CX number and I cannot change it to my Exec Club membership number as I get the same error.

          Slightly annoying as I no longer see the booking on my BA phone app.

    • steve says:

      21 Mar21 March 11:35

      Do you need to be a member of finnair or qatar to be able to log in?

      • Alan says:

        21 Mar21 March 11:38

        Nope, can just access directly with your booking reference!

        • steve says:

          21 Mar21 March 11:54

          Thanks Alan

• mikeact says:

  20 Mar20 March 13:35

  I received AirBerlin Gold match last year, but only for six months, and they said it would only be extended if I did a million miles give or take So I might try again as I have a few BA/AA flights coming up. I guess I might try with a different email address, and maybe my sons London address, as it would be useful for the lounge.

  • Colin JE says:

    20 Mar20 March 15:05

    Definitely worth a try Mike. I got 13 months AB Gold membership.

• BLT says:

  20 Mar20 March 13:45

  I have just received Qantas gold thought the NZ status match – thanks Raffles. A quick question: if I book BA tickets and use the Qantas gold to select seats for free, will it work if my BA address (UK) is different to my Qantas address (NZ)?

  • CV3V says:

    20 Mar20 March 14:27

    Also just received my Qantas status match overnight. Although there is the oneworld benefits, there is also the Emirates perks to be had.

    I wouldn’t think there would be an issue if you addresses don’t match, others may know for sure. Perhaps its time to move back from NZ.

    • pauldb says:

      20 Mar20 March 16:41

      Wife and I also got our match overnight. Nice!
      I can’t see any issue with addresses not matching, but we’ll see I guess. I just don’t see where they would be cross-checked.

• alex says:

  20 Mar20 March 17:04

  What is the correct procedure when travelling in ow flight, I want to credit my miles into AA advantage but also using topbonus gold (ow sapphire) to gain the lounge access? I have encountered a few times where the counter denied to do this and claimed that I only can credit to the ow sapphire account in order to enjoy the sapphire benefit.

  • Rob says:

    20 Mar20 March 17:16

    It is a problem with untrained agents. Often you have little choice but to let them change it and then change it back in the lounge or at the gate.

• Howard says:

  20 Mar20 March 19:47

  I tried the Etihad status match from Marco Polo Gold on day after Raffles mentioned it. I had email saying offer closed. I wrote back and sent a screenshot and I think I had another spin answer saying offer closed. I wrote back but with no response.

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