New China Airlines (Skyteam Elite Plus) status match opportunity
I’ve been following a particular pattern on Statusmatcher and the one from China Airlines has perked my interest.
Skyteam
Guest post: 10 reasons to fly Star Alliance instead of Skyteam…from the perspective of a Dutch man.
The fun about having a blog called “Points to be Made” is that if I want to rant or say anything ludicrous, then it still fits the title. This post comes from Mike who writes the blog “Ik Vlieg Veel” (That means “I fly a lot” to you and me!). We’ve been in contact since we…
Flying Blue Status Match completed
I mentioned in a post a couple of weeks back that Flying Blue were honouring their misguided status match.
KLM to start charging for check-in luggage
Ghetto IFE points out that KLM is adopting a low-cost carrier approach to checked luggage. Whilst that’s true I wouldn’t go as far as calling them LCC, just negatively influenced by the USA model.
Quick tip: Aerolineas Argentinas status match still ongoing
Aerolineas Argentinas are still offering a status match to elite members from competing non-Skyteam airlines, namely these these ones: I took advantage of this match on 4th January 2013 and and they got back to me after 2 working days (8th January) saying my American Airlines Platinum was successfully matched across to Aerolineas Plus Oro…
Flying Blue are honouring their misguided status match!
Flying Blue recently ran a status match promotion for anyone wanting to get a fast-track gold status. News spread pretty damn quickly! Then they decided to restrict it to Scandinavian residents, which is what was they intended all along, and also bring the closing date forward, then ending the promotion outright. Well according to this…