Royal Air Maroc status match offer

Airlines want to recruit the best customers of their competitors. Frequent flyer programs – and elite status – is a barrier to do this. Passengers don’t want to give up the benefits they’re used to and start at the bottom with someone else.

So frequent flyer programs will offer to ‘status match’ customers who have status with a competitor, giving them status even if it’s temporary with an opportunity to keep it long-term by moving their business.

Even if you’re not moving your business a status match can be useful. If you’re a United Airlines frequent flyer, the equivalent of United Gold (which is Star Alliance Gold) a partner airline gets you lounge access even on domestic flights.

oneworld status can be even more lucrative. If you’re a British Airways silver you can use American Airlines business class Flagship lounges even on domestic flights. If you’re a BA Gold you can use partner first class lounges, even if you’re flying economy, like Cathay Pacific’s Wing or Pier or Qantas first class lounges.

American Airlines Flagship Lounge LAX

Cathay Pacific The Pier First Class Lounge, Hong Kong

Qantas First Class Lounge, Sydney

Right now oneworld member Royal Jordanian has a status match offer – but it’s restricted to residents of specific countries in Europe and the Mideast.

And, brand new, oneworld member Royal Air Maroc now has a status match offer that has no geographic restrictions and that allows matches up to top tier oneworld emerald.

• Matched status only lasts through June 2024 unless you either take a paid Royal Air Maroc flight and credit it to your Safar Flyer account before then, or have an eligible booking linked to your account on June 30, 2024, in which case status is extended through end of 2024. (I suspect some folks will buy refundable tickets in June and refund them in July?)
• Matches are expensive: $150 for Silver; $450 for Gold; $1000 for Platinum Lite; $1500 for Platinum Standard.
• They’ll match hotel programs even to Silver, but that doesn’t get you much. They’ll match a broad array of non-oneworld frequent flyer programs, though only a handful can be matched to Platinum (oneworld emerald) – however this includes Air Canada 75K as well as Super Elite.
  

  Safar Flyer Loyalty Tier
  AIRLINE	SILVER	GOLD	PLATINUM
  Air Canada Aeroplan	PRESTIGE 25K	ELITE 35K ELITE 50K	ELITE 75K SUPER ELITE 100K
  Air Europa SUMA	SILVER	GOLD PLATINUM	N/A
  Air France Flying Blue	SILVER	GOLD	PLATINUM PLATINUM ULTIMATE
  Delta Air Lines SkyMiles	SILVER MEDALLION	DELTA 360 DIAMOND MEDALLION GOLD MEDALLION PLATINUM MEDALLION	N/A
  Egyptair Plus	SILVER	ELITE GOLD PLATINUM	N/A
  Emirates Skywards	SILVER	GOLD IO PLATINUM	N/A
  Etihad Guest	SILVER	GOLD PLATINUM	N/A
  Gulf Air Falconflyer	SILVER	BLACK GOLD	N/A
  KLM Flying Blue	SILVER	GOLD	PLATINUM PLATINUM ULTIMATE
  Lufthansa Miles & More	FREQUENT TRAVELLER	SENATOR	HON CIRCLE
  Saudia Alfursan	SILVER	GOLD	N/A
  TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go	SILVER	GOLD	N/A
  Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles	CLASSIC PLUS	ELITE	ELITE PLUS
  United Airlines MileagePlus	PREMIER SILVER	GLOBAL SERVICES PREMIER 1K PREMIER GOLD PREMIER PLATINUM	N/A
  Virgin Atlantic Flying Club	SILVER	GOLD	N/A
  WestJet Westjet Rewards	SILVER	GOLD PLATINUM	N/A

  	Safar Flyer Loyalty Tier
  HOTEL	SILVER	GOLD	PLATINUM
  Accor ALL	DIAMOND GOLD PLATINUM SILVER	N/A	N/A
  GHA Discovery	GOLD PLATINUM TITANIUM	N/A	N/A
  Hilton Hilton Honors	DIAMOND GOLD SILVER	N/A	N/A
  Hyatt World of Hyatt	DISCOVERIST EXPLORIST GLOBALIST	N/A	N/A
  IHG IHG One Rewards	DIAMOND ELITE GOLD ELITE PLATINUM ELITE ROYAL AMBASSADOR SILVER ELITE	N/A	N/A
  Marriott Bonvoy	AMBASSADOR ELITE GOLD ELITE PLATINUM ELITE SILVER ELITE TITANIUM ELITE	N/A	N/A
  Radisson Hotel Group Radisson Rewards	PREMIUM VIP	N/A	N/A
  Wyndham Hotels and Resorts Wyndham Rewards	DIAMOND GOLD PLATINUM	N/A	N/A

Now, if you’re going to do a status match offer with Royal Air Maroc, consider pairing it with a paid double or triple status miles subscription to re-earn and even level up your status faster.

Qantas First Class Lounge Salt And Pepper Squid

In March 2022 Royal Air Maroc offered oneworld sapphire via status match and it was so popular the deal was shut down early. I took advantage of 49 euros for Royal Air Maroc Gold, with the intention of using it for American Airlines Flagship lounge but didn’t leverage it as planned because I then earned American Airlines Concierge Key status which came with Flagship access.

Now that I’m no longer Concierge Key this tempts me a little bit, even at the high price. But I have oneworld emerald already (via American Airlines Executive Platinum) and mere Flagship access for six months is a bit too pricy for me considering I don’t live in a city that has one. If I were in Dallas, Miami, Chicago or LA I’d be pondering more aggressively.

I love oneworld emerald status for partner first class lounge access, though that doesn’t include the British Airways Concorde Room, the joint American-BA Chelsea Lounge at New York JFK, or Qatar’s al Safwa lounge.

Still, this one isn’t for me, but some of you will find value – book a single trip to extend status for all of 2024 – and even do a triple status miles paid subscription in order to keep the status more easily beyond that.