Alaska Targets Delta Loyalists with Status Match Offer

Alaska Status Match Offer for Delta Elites

Alaska Airlines is offering a status match for Delta Medallion members. This comes just over a week after Delta made major changes to its loyalty program.

It’s worth noting that a member may only receive one status match for the lifetime of their account. Also, a status match is only offered to members who have achieved elite status through actual flight miles or segments. Let’s see the details.

The Offer

For a limited time, Delta frequent flyers can get matched into Alaska Airlines’ Mileage Plan elite status through 2024 by applying for a status match below and having an open Alaska Airlines Visa card. Better yet, if you have Delta status through 2024, your status will be raised to another level.

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Here’s how it works:

1. Submit proof of your status by October 31, 2023. Use the form here for SkyMiles status match requests (or the form on this page for other status match requests). Your account overview page, which shows your current status and 2024 Status Progress is best.
2. You will get matched to Alaska Mileage Plan status for the rest of 2023 based on the table below.
3. You have two options to extend your status through 2024:
   • Have an open Alaska Airlines Visa card by 12/31/2023.
   • Complete a status challenge within 90 days.

Alaska Cardhoders

Members approved for a status match via the above offer that have an open Alaska Airlines Visa credit card by December 31, 2023 will have their matched elite status extended for the 2024 program year (January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024).

Cardholders with a matched status end date of December 31, 2024, will also be awarded one tier higher than their matched status for the 2024 program year. For example, if you are awarded a status match to MVP Gold via the above offer, and your equivalent Delta Gold Medallion status has an end date of December 31, 2024, and you have an open Alaska Airlines Visa credit card as of December 31, 2023, you’ll be upgraded to MVP Gold 75K status starting January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024, as long as you continue to hold an open Alaska Airlines Visa card through December 31, 2024.

For new accounts, please allow 2-3 weeks after card approval for your status to be upgraded to the next tier.

Status Challenge

To keep your new status without having an Alaska Airlines Visa card, keep earning miles by flying Alaska during the initial 90-day period corresponding to each level below. Only flights sold and operated by Alaska Airlines count toward your new status.

• MVP status — fly 5,000 miles on Alaska
• MVP Gold status — fly 10,000 miles on Alaska
• MVP Gold 75K status — fly 20,000 miles on Alaska

Once you have earned the miles needed to maintain your status, you’ll keep it through December 31, 2024.

Conclusion

Alaska Airlines is matching Elite status of disgruntled Delta Air Lines frequent fliers, just as the airline recently changed its loyalty program. Alaska will even raise status to the next level for some frequent fliers, through 2024.

JetBlue also has a status match offer for Delta Elites.

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