Reply To: Virgin Atlantic status match with BA Gold?

[Guernsey Globetrotter]

All of the above is correct except step 4 was actually step one but I had to have a revenue earning flight to process the status match so booked the other flight too. The VS match team could see both bookings and I specifically told them I wanted the status for the first (BGI) flight and they arranged the date of the status update accordingly. In your scenario you could tell them that you want to have the status go through ASAP in order to be able to get the true 2-4-1 voucher benefit (I understand it may be hard to apply this retrospectively). I think the only reason they defer the award of the match is for your convenience, so it isn’t running for months before you even get to fly with them, so give it a go if that would work better for you!