We've talked a lot recently about status matching, but I wanted to address a commenter the other week who wondered could you just keep matching status in perpetuity, thus keeping some sort of elite status alive. Is this some sort of status match loophole? In theory, yes. You could keep airline elite status alive indefinitely without earning it through flights. Match your British Airways Gold to Air France/KLM . When that expires, match it to another airline. Rinse and repeat.

Story-time! A couple of weeks ago, we published a guide explaining what airline status actually is, because despite how often people talk about Bronze, Silver and Gold, it’s all surprisingly fuzzy around the edges. While writing it, I was reminded of one of my favourite moments from our points journey. A genuine accident and a total fluke. The best part? It was an error that resulted in three years of high-level airline status with both British Airways and Virgin Atlantic, de

A couple of weeks ago we brought you the news that if you had BA Status, you could match your status to Air France/KLM's loyalty programme called "Flying Blue" Airline status is one of those travel perks that sounds far more mysterious than it really is. You’ll hear people mention they’re “Silver with BA” or “Gold on Virgin”, usually followed by an assumption that they must live on planes. Airline status is simply a loyalty reward, and while it can meaningfully improve your t