You Can Buy Oneworld Status And Unlock Business And First Class Lounges — Thanks to New Royal Air Maroc Match Offer

Through end of the year – unless the offer is pulled earlier, oneworld airline Royal Air Maroc is offering a paid status match deal that will get you better treatment flying American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, and other carriers.

The deal also comes with accelerated requalification for the status you match to, with a 3x status boost for January 2026. (You can pay to extend status boost as well.)

The key here is that Royal Air Maroc status maps to oneworld status, and the offer includes both sapphire and even emerald levels!

Matched status is valid through December 31, 2026. Here are the costs (not cheap, but worth it for many):

• $149 for Silver
  
• $349 for Gold
  
• $749 for Platinum

Most will not care about Royal Air Maroc silver. Here’s a table of some of the airline status that match to oneworld sapphire or higher. Air France Platinums, Air Canada 75Ks, and Turkish Elite Plus members even match to emerald and unlock first class lounge access not just business class lounges.

Airline		Gold		Platinum
Air Canada		Elite 50K		Elite 75K
				Super Elite 100K
Air France / KLM		Gold		Platinum
				Ultimate
Delta Air Lines		Gold and Above		N/A
Emirates		Gold and Above		N/A
JetBlue		Mosaic 2 and Above		N/A
Lufthansa		Senator		HON Circle
SAS		Gold and Above		N/A
TAP Air Portugal		Gold and Above		N/A
Turkish Airlines		Elite		Elite Plus
United Airlines		Global Services		N/A
Virgin Atlantic		Gold		N/A
WestJet		Gold and Above		N/A

I recently wrote about Royal Jordanian’s status match offer. Several readers who took advantage of it called it the deal of the year. It was quickly pulled down for U.S. customers. In some ways this is even better.

Greenwich Lounge, New York JFK

Greenwich Lounge, New York JFK

Royal Jordanian is a oneworld member. Their mid-tier elite status provides lounge access when flying American Airlines and Alaska Airlines, and even American’s Flagship business class lounge access – and this access is good even when flying domestically and in coach. A certain U.S. airline apparently went ballistic and the offer was pulled.

American Airlines Flagship Lounge Chicago O’Hare

American Airlines Flagship Lounge Chicago O’Hare

The Royal Air Maroc offer is basically the same thing! But better! So we’ll see how long this lasts. It’s a bit more expensive, though far less expensive than a lounge membership – and lounge memberships don’t come with Flagship lounge. Eligible business class lounges include:

• New York JFK (Greenwich lounge)
  
• Chicago O’Hare (Flagship lounge)
  
• Miami (Flagship lounge)
  
• Philadelphia (Flagship lounge)
  
• Dallas – Fort Worth (Flagship lounge)
  
• Los Angeles (Flagship lounge)

American Airlines Flagship Lounge, Philadelphia

Of course you gain access to great oneworld business clas lounges like the Cathay Pacific and Qantas lounges at London Heathrow terminal 3 as well, even if flying economy.

Qantas Business Class Lounge, London Heathrow

Cathay Pacific Business CLass Lounge, London Heathrow

Oneworld sapphire status gets airport priority and baggage with oneworld partners as well.

Here is what makes this better. Royal Air Maroc is offering a status match to Platinum which is oneworld emerald and that includes access to partner first class lounges like Qantas (e.g. in Los Angeles and Sydney and Cathay Pacific first class lounges! A status match to oneworld emerald is pretty much unheard of.

Qantas First Class Lounge, Sydney

Cathay Pacific ‘The Pier’ First Class Lounge, Hong Kong

As a formal matter you are supposed to credit the miles for your trip to Royal Jordanian if you’re using the benefits of Royal Jordanian status. I have never had this enforced – I’ve always been able to have lounge agents look up my oneworld status while crediting trips to American AAdvantage.

American Airlines Admirals Club, National Airport E Concourse

For those of you with status in an eligible program this is an amazing and somewhat rare offer. oneworld frequent flyer programs rarely status match U.S. members.