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A new Royal Air Maroc status-match offer lets travelers effectively buy into Oneworld status, unlocking business and even first class lounge access when flying airlines like American and Alaska. With matches available up to Emerald and valid through 2026, it’s one of the rare opportunities for those with status in another program to purchase alliance-wide lounge benefits outright with oneworld airlines.
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.
Royal Air Maroc is back with its status match offer, this time including to top tier Platinum which is oneworld emerald and comes with access to partner first class lounges.
On Sunday night flying in the Northeast was a mess. Flights out of the three DC-area airports were paused while the FAA’s air traffic control organization suffered an equipment failure at Potomac TRACON. Flights resumed shortly after 7 p.m. Eastern time, but there was a backlog to clear. Some flights cancelled, for instance as crew exceeded their maximum duty hours.
Royal Air Maroc flies Washington Dulles to Casablanca five days a week using a Boeing 787-8. After several hours staff hadn’t communicated at all with passengers. Then they finally cancelled the flight. And the passengers went into revolt. Staff fled for their safety.
The match entitles you to lounge access with oneworld airlines including American and Alaska – even when flying coach on a oneworld airline domestically. And at American this includes Flagship business class lounges at New York JFK, Miami, Dallas, Los Angeles and soon-to-reopen Chicago O’Hare.
There’s just been one hitch. Many American readers have had huge problems trying to sign up for the Royal Air Maroc frequent flyer program.
The best benefit here is lounge access. oneworld sapphire members of frequent flyer programs other than American AAdvantage and Alaska’s Mileage Plan get access not just to American Airlines Admirals Clubs and Alaska Lounges but also to American Airlines Flagship lounges even when traveling domestically. That means nice bar setups and buffets at New York JFK, Miami, Dallas, Los Angeles and in a few weeks once again at Chicago O’Hare.
Royal Air Maroc has been a ‘go to’ for transatlantic award space as a worst case scenario (and it’s actually a great option in many cases) dating to long before the airline was part of oneworld, when you’d use either Etihad or Iberia Avios to book the seats. Now Alaska Airlines has added Royal Air Maroc to its award booking options this week.
Government-owned Royal Air Maroc is apologizing to customers over a photo that’s gone viral in social media of a porn star wearing underwear on one of their flights. The airline says the photos have ‘menaced the reputation and values’ of the carrier.
CEO Akbar al Baker said they’re considering several new acquisitions, speaking at the Qatar Airways/CAPA Aeropolitical and Regulatory Summit in Doha.
Under consideration are stakes in Rwandair, IndiGo, and Royal Air Maroc – in addition to increasing their ownership position in LATAM.
American Airlines has launched two new codeshare relationships this week. Both loaded into the schedule on Sunday.
For some time I’ve considered Etihad’s 44,000 mile one way business class award on Royal Air Maroc to be one of the 10 best deals in all of travel.
However several reports are people are being charged now per segment instead of one way. That means it’ll be possible for some Royal Air Maroc awards to have gone up to 88,000 miles one way.
Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel -- a topic he has covered since 2002.
Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »
