Ultimate Guide to Airline & Hotel Status Match Programs (2025)

Are you looking for the latest airline or hotel status matches and status challenge opportunities? You’re in the right place.

We update this master list every month to bring you the newest official offers, requirements, and shortcuts to elite perks.

A status match is one of the easiest ways to unlock benefits like lounge access, priority services, extra baggage, and fast-track upgrades without meeting the usual flying or stay requirements. But it’s not always a guaranteed win, some programs charge fees, require a challenge within a short timeframe, or may decline applications entirely. Always check the conditions carefully to make sure the match fits your travel plans.

If you’re unsure which airline belongs to which alliance, we’ve created a helpful overview here: Airline Alliances Explained: Star Alliance, oneworld & SkyTeam.

If you know of a status match we haven’t listed yet, please share it in the comments so we can keep this guide complete and up to date.

To get started, simply click on any airline or hotel in the list below. Each link jumps directly to the section showing the offer validity, match levels, requirements, and a link to our full detailed post.

Airlines

• Air Baltic Status Match
• Air Astana Paid Status Match
• Delta Status Challenge
• Eva Air
• Flying Blue Paid status Match
• Jet Blue (dedicated post)
• Kenya Airways (dedicated post)
• Royal Air Maroc Paid status Match (dedicated post)
• Royal Jordanian Paid status Match
• Southwest Status Challenge
• TAP Paid Status Match
• Turkish Airlines Status Challenge
• United Status Challenge
• Virgin Atlantic Status Challenge

Hotels

• Best Western Status Match
• Caesars Rewards – Wyndham Status Match
• Choice Status Match
• GHA Paid status Match
• H-Hotels
• Hilton Status Challenge
• Radisson Rewards (unofficial)
• Sonesta Travel Pass
• Wyndham Rewards

Status Match for Airlines

Air Baltic

For a Status Match, you first now have to sign in.

Offer validity: not applicable

Match to levels: VIP

Match from airlines: Finnair Plus (Gold, Platinum and Platinum Lumo), SAS EuroBonus (Gold, Diamond) and Lufthansa Miles&More (Senator and Hon Circle) status owners.

Status upon approval: VIP Status

Status Validity: Not defined

You have to send an email to: info@airBalticclub.com to match your status.

Air Astana

Offer validity: not applicable

Match to levels: Silver for $49 and Gold for $199

Match from airlines: Nearly all airlines & hotels are available.

Status upon approval: VIP Status

Status Validity: December 2025

LINK TO Air Astana Paid STATUS MATCH

Alaska Status Match Challenge

Offer validity: No end date published

Match to levels: Silver, Gold & Platinum

Match from airlines: Aeromexico, Air Canada, Delta, Frontier, JetBlue, Southwest, United

Status valid upon approval: 90 days

Qualifying Criteria after match: Within 90 days you have to earn miles depending on your status:

• Silver – earn 5,000 miles on Alaska & Hawaiian flights.
• Gold – earn 10,000 miles on Alaska & Hawaiian flights.
• Platinum – earn 20,000 miles on Alaska & Hawaiian flights.

Status Validity:

Once you have earned the base points needed to maintain your status, it will extend beyond the first 90 days like this:

• If you start your status match challenge by June and meet the requirements, you’ll keep your status through the end of the calendar year.
• If you start your status match between July and December and meet the requirements, you’ll keep your status through the end of the next calendar year.

LINK TO ALASKA STATUS MATCH CHALLENGE

Delta SkyMiles Medallion Status Match Challenge

Offer validity: No end date published

Match to levels: Silver, Gold and Platinum

Match from airlines: Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, All Nippon Airways, American Airlines, Asiana Airlines, British Airways, Copa Airlines, Japan Airlines, jetBlue, Lufthansa, Qantas, South African, Southwest, United, Virgin Airlines.

Status valid upon approval: Your complimentary Status Match will last for 3 months beginning on the date your request is approved

Qualifying Criteria after match: Within 3 months you have to

• Silver: $1250 MQDs
• Gold: $2500 MQDs
• Platinum: $3750 MQDs

Status Validity: January 31st, 2027

LINK TO DELTA STATUS MATCH CHALLENGE

Eva Air

Offer validity: No end date published

Match to levels: Silver, Gold and Diamond.

Match from airlines: Not specified

Status valid upon approval: According to reports for one year.

Qualifying Criteria after match: Not mentioned

Status Validity: Not mentioned

Send an email to infinitymileagelands@evaair.com with a copy of your current status and recent flight activity.

Flying Blue Paid Status Match 

Offer validity: No end date published

Match to levels: Silver, Gold and Platinum

Match from airlines: Aer Lingus, Air Canada, American Airlines, British Airways, Emirates, Etihad, Finnair, Iberia, Lufthansa, Malaysia Airlines, Qatar Airways, Singapore Airlines, TAP, Turkish Airlines, United Airlines and WestJet.

Status valid upon approval: 12 months after approval

Application fees are as follows: 59€ for Silver, 199€ for Gold and 399€ for Platinum.

LINK TO FLYING BLUE PAID STATUS MATCH

JetBlue TrueBlue Status Matc

Offer validity: As of March 2025 (offer live)

Match to levels: Mosaic 1 or Mosaic 2

Match from airlines: like Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Frontier, Southwest Airlines, Spirit Airlines and United Airlines.

Status valid upon approval: Mosaic status granted for 3 months initially.

Qualifying criteria after match: Earn “tiles” during the 3-month trial — e.g. 10 tiles for Mosaic 1, 25 for Mosaic 2, 40 for Mosaic 3. Tiles are earned per $100 spent with JetBlue (flights, ancillaries, etc.) or equivalent via JetBlue credit-card spend.

Status Validity: If tile threshold met, status remains through the next calendar

LINK TO JETBLUE TRUEBLUE STATUS MATCH

Kenya Airways Asante Paid Status Match

Offer validity: No end date published

Match to levels: Silver Elite, Gold Elite and Platinum Elite

Match from most airlines & hotels.

Status valid upon approval: 12 months after approval

Application fees are as follows and depend on your country of residence: $80-$99 for Silver, $175-$299 for Gold & Platinum.

LINK TO KENYA AIRWAYS PAID STATUS MATCH

Royal Jordanian PAID Status Match

Offer validity: No end date published

Match to levels: Silver Jay & Gold Sparrow

Match from airlines & hotels: Many non-oneworld airlines and hotel loyalty programmes

Status valid upon approval: 12 months

Qualifying Criteria after match: No change

Status Validity: 12 months

Application fees are as follows: USD $49 for Silver Jay qualifying applicants and USD $149 for Gold Sparrow

LINK TO Royal Air Jordanian PAID STATUS MATCH

Royal Air Maroc Safar Flyer PAID Status Match

Offer validity: As of November 2025 (offer live)

Match to levels: Silver → oneworld Ruby. Gold → oneworld Sapphire. Platinum Lite → oneworld Emerald

Match from airlines: Many non-oneworld airlines

Fees: ~ USD 149 for Silver, ~ USD 349 for Gold, ~ USD 749 for Platinum Lite match

Status valid upon approval: Immediately,  matched oneworld status is valid until December 31, 2026

Qualifying Criteria after match: None, pure paid match; no minimum flights required

LINK TO ROYAL AIR MAROC PAID STATUS MATCH

Southwest Status Challenge

Offer validity: December 31, 2025

Match to levels: A-list elite status

Match from airlines: U.S.-based carriers

Status valid upon approval: 120 days

Qualifying Criteria after match: fly three round trip qualifying flights, or six one-way qualifying flights, or earn 8,000 tier qualifying points from your qualifying flights

Status Validity: additional 12 months

LINK TO SOUTHWEST STATUS MATCH CHALLENGE

TAP Paid Status Match

Offer validity: First Come First Served basis

Match to levels: Silver (49€) & Gold (199€)

Match from airlines: Aer Lingus, Air Europa, Air France, American Airlines, British Airways, Delta, Finnair, Iberia, Jetblue, KLM, LATAM, Royal Air Maroc and Westjet.

Status valid upon approval: 12 monhts

Qualifying Criteria after match:

• Silver renews with 30,000 status miles OR 25 TAP flights/segments flown
• Gold renews with 70,000 status miles or 50 TAP flights/segments flown

Status Validity: additional 12 months

LINK TO TAP PAID STATUS MATCH

Turkish Airlines Status Challenge

Offer validity: unknown

Match to levels: Elite (Star Alliance Gold)

Match from airlines: Not specified, but many airlines seem to work like for example: Lufthansa, British Airways, Flying Blue, United, Emirates, ITA, Qatar Airways,…

Status valid upon approval: 120 days

Qualifying Criteria after match: fly once internationally with Turkish Airlines on any class and your status will be granted for 12 months. Within that period, when you earn 15’000 miles exclusively on Turkish Airlines, your status will be extended to a 2 year period.

Status Validity: additional 12-48 months

Application:

You have to contact Turkish Airlines via their contact form and provide a copy of your id, of your status card and a copy of your recent flights. The customer relations team usually responds within a day. You can access the link below to use the contact form. Select Membership processing and simply write you request a status match.

LINK TO TURKISH AIRLINES CONTACT FORM

United MileagePlus Premier Status Match Challenge

Offer validity: December 2025

Match to levels: Premier Silver, Premier Gold, Premier Platinum depending on your existing status

Match from airlines: All owners of a status can apply if the airlines you have status at is not part of the Star Alliance

Status after first flight only: After you requested the status match and made your first paid flight with United within 90 days, your account will be upgraded for 120 days to Premier Silver, Premier Gold or Premier Platinum status based on the level you hold in your current frequent flyer program after you made one flight with United Airlines.

Qualifying Criteria after match: Within 120 days you have to

• Silver: Fly 5 PQF and earn 1,700 PQP on flights operated by United or United Express
• Gold: Fly 10 PQF and earn 3,400 PQP on flights operated by United or United Express
• Platinum: Fly 15 PQF and earn 5,000 PQP on flights operated by United or United Express
• Premier 1K : Fly 20 PQF and earn 7,500 PQP on flights operated by United or United Express

Status Validity:

Earned 2025 Premier status is valid through January 2027.

LINK TO UNITED STATUS MATCH CHALLENGE

Virgin Atlantic

Offer validity: No end date published

Match to levels: Silver, Gold

Match from airlines: Air Canada, Air India, American Airlines, British, American, Cathay Pacific, Emirates, Hawaiian, , Iberia, Lufthansa,  South African, United Airlines.

Criteria: You need to have a future revenue flight booked with Virgin Atlantic in either Premium Economy or Upper Class.

Status valid upon approval: 12 months

Qualifying Criteria after match: Gold members will need to earn 1000 tier points in the membership period to retain Gold status.
Silver members will need to earn 400 tier points in the membership period to retain Silver status.

LINK TO VIRGIN ATLANTIC STATUS MATCH CHALLENGE

Status Match for Hotels

Best Western Status Match

Offer validity: No end date published

Match to levels: Gold Elite, Platinum Elite, Diamond Elite, Diamond Select Elite

Match from other hotels: Not specified

Status valid upon approval: No Challenge so fully matched

Qualifying Criteria after match: No Challenge so fully matched

Status Validity: December 2026

LINK TO BEST WESTERN STATUS MATCH

Caesars Rewards – Wyndham Rewards Status Match

Offer validity: unlimited

Match to levels: Platinum Caesars Rewards members will be matched to the same level in Wyndham Rewards. Diamond and Seven Stars members will match to Diamond level in Wyndham Rewards.

Wyndham Rewards Platinum and Diamond members will also be able to match their status in Caesars Rewards.

Note: This offer is only valid for a match to Caesars when you did not get your Wyndham status via a previous match.

Link to Caesars – Wyndham Status Match

Choice Status Match

Offer validity: No end date published

Match to levels: Gold, Platinum and Diamond for residents of USA, Canada & Europe.

Match from other hotels: Not specified

Status valid upon approval: No Challenge so fully matched

Qualifying Criteria after match: No Challenge so fully matched

Status Validity: Not specified

LINK TO CHOICE STATUS MATCH

H-Hotels

Offer validity: No end date published

Match to levels: Gold

Match from other hotels: Not specified, however it seems that all major hotel chains are accepted.

Status valid upon approval: No Challenge so fully matched

Qualifying Criteria after match: No Challenge so fully matched

Status Validity: At least one year.

You have to send an email with proof of status from another hotel to: hotmiles@h-hotels.com

Hilton Honors Status Challenge

Offer validity: No end date published

Match to levels: Gold with possibility to upgrade to Diamond

Match from other hotels: Choice, Hyatt, IHG, Mariott, Best Western, Accor, Radisson, Wyndham and others.

Status valid upon approval: 90 days

Qualifying Criteria after match: Within 90 days

• Gold: After only 8 nights
• Diamond: When you complete 14 nights, you will receive Diamond status

Status Validity: March 31st, 2027

LINK TO HILTON STATUS MATCH CHALLENGE

More on Hilton Honors:

Hilton Honors Guide – Part 1: Hilton Honors Gold status, why it is worth it and how to easily become Gold

Hilton Honors Guide – Part 2: How to make the best use of your Honors points.

GHA Paid Status Match

Offer validity: No end date published

Match to levels: Platinum (100 USD) & Titanium (150 USD)

Match from other hotels: Not specified, however it seems that all major hotel chains and airlines are accepted.

Status valid upon approval: End of Calendar Year 2026.

Qualifying Criteria after match: No Challenge so fully matched

Status Validity: End of Calendar Year.

LINK TO GHA STATUS MATCH

Radisson Rewards Match

Offer validity: unknown

Match to levels: all levels

Match from other hotels: Not specified

Status valid upon approval: 2 years

Qualifying Criteria after match: Not published

It seems that Radisson is very generous in matching your status, simply mail a copy of your status to statusmatch@radissonhotels.com and ask nicely for a match.

Sonesta Travel Pass Match

Offer validity: unknown

Match to levels: all levels

Match from other hotels: Not specified, all according to the website

Status valid upon approval: not specified

Qualifying Criteria after match: As for normal members

You have to write an email to travelpass@sonesta.com.

Link to Sonesta Travel Pass FAQ

Wyndham Rewards Status Match

Offer validity: unknown

Match to levels: all levels

Match from other hotels: Marriott, Hilton, Choice, Best Western, Hyatt, IHG, Radisson, Omni

Status valid upon approval: 90 Days

Qualifying Criteria after match: 1, 4 or 10 nights depending on the matched status.

Link to Wyndham Status Match

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