Virgin Atlantic: Offering status match to Qantas and Virgin Australia premium members with A booking

The pandemic seems to have brought on a wave of loyalty concessions, from extending status, lowered entry and renewal conditions to status matches.

Virgin Atlantic is offering a status match to either its Silver or Gold status to the below-listed airline loyalty programs and status holders as long as they are members or join Virgin Atlantic’s Flying Club loyalty program and have a booking in Premium Economy or Upper Class on Virgin Atlantic to fly in the next 12 months:

Airline programme	Second tier	Top tier
Air New Zealand Airpoints	Gold	Elite Plus
Alaska MVP	MVP Gold	MVP Gold 75k
American Airlines AAdvantage	Platinum Pro	Exec Platinum
BA Executive Club	Silver	Gold
Cathay Pacific Marco Polo	Gold	Platinum
EL Al Matmid	Gold	Platinum
Emirates Skywards	Gold	Platinum
Etihad Guest	Gold	Platinum
Hawaiian Airlines Hawaiian Miles	Gold	Platinum
Hong Kong Airlines Fortune Wings	Gold	Platinum
Iberia Iberia Plus	Oro	Platino
Lufthansa Miles and More	Senator	Hon Circle
Qantas Frequent Flyer	Gold	Platinum
Qatar Privilege Club	Gold	Platinum
Scandinavian Airlines SAS Eurobonus	Gold	Diamond
Singapore Kris Flyer	Silver	Gold
South African Voyager	Silver	Gold, Platinum
Swiss Miles and More	Senator	Hon Circle
Turkish Miles&Smiles	Elite	Elite Plus
United Mileage Plus	Premier Platinum	Premier 1k
Virgin Australia Velocity	Gold	Platinum

You can find details here, and the form to fill out if you select ‘Flying Club’ here and scroll to ‘Matching my loyalty status with another airline’ – at the bottom of the page – above the footer.

2PAXfly Takeout

This is another timely reminder to wear your seatbelt when seated. Holding you close to your seat will protect you from the sort of injuries sustained on this flight, when unsecured passengers flew to the ceiling of the aircraft, and then came crashing down once the ‘drop’ ceased.

The hope will be that this is an anomaly – a ‘freak accident’ in casual parlance. If it is a systemic error either mechanical or electronic, then this is a larger concern for the airlines that fly Boeing Dreamliner 787 aircraft. Let’s hope it isn’t. If it is, it will pile on the woes to Boeing’s existing stack.

Normally, I would advise you to adopt a similar attitude to the one I have about Champagne – never say ‘No’ if it is offered. In this case, there is a condition, and that is you need to have a booking with Virgin Atlantic. If you are thinking about booking, then now is that time to do it, and take advantage of the Status Match. If you have already got a ticket – what are you doing still reading this. Put down the champagne, screenshot your Qantas or Virgin Australia status, and fill in the application form!