Turkish Airlines Miles and Smiles Returns Report: Match

This was quite a hassle. Thanks to previous comments, I braced myself for the duration. I requested a status match on July 20 and got welcome email August 25. First I signed up for a miles and smiles account then selected feedback from menu, new feedback, miles and smiles program, membership processes. Submitted a copy of my current Delta Platinum Elite card, copy of passport and copy of recent Delta Skymiles activity. I received acknowledgement of my submission with a TK number. Then waited. One week, two weeks. Nothing. I called (number on US TK Air website) to inquire. Then received an email asking for copy of Delta Skymiles card plus last two months activity of Delta Platinum Elite account. Waited a week. Nothing. Repeated this process two additional times. In total, I called about six times and pretty much gave up. Then I received an email welcoming me to Elite Status with the following conditions... • The first 4 months of your Elite membership is considered as the trial period. Within this period, you are required to realize at least one Turkish Airlines international flight in which you gain miles. • At the end of the trial period, if your membership account includes at least one Turkish Airlines international flight in which you gained miles, your Elite membership is prolonged for 8 months more.(i.e. it remains valid for 1 year in total after the match). • If you reach 15,000 Status Miles in the international flights you will perform with Turkish Airlines in the first year of your Elite membership, your membership is extended for 1 more year (i.e. it remains valid for 2 years in total after the match).

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