Note that between airlines, your existing status needs to come from flying and not a perk of credit card or another match. For example, if you have United Premier Silver from Marriott's Platinum Elite status, it is no good to match to another airline because they actually need to see your miles with United, not just the status.
Your or the The Points Guy or someone should do a challenge where you get a single "free" status through a credit card like your Hilton Gold (or any other status) and try to get as many statuses with it as possible.I understand from an actually useful perspective it's meh. But it'd be interesting to see just how many perks you could get from a 100 dollar annual credit card and it ties in nicely with the kind of gaming the system theme. :P Even trying perhaps to for example to double dip. Getting gold free from hilton with your card but then using that to try to get a HIGHER tier from a worse hotel chain and then trying to use that higher tier to then go to mariot and get top tier and using that to ask Hilton to upgrade your Gold to the highest level. It'd be amusing to see just how many ultra executive platinum status matches you could get based on having a single mid tier status with one good company. :P
Don Ziolkowski I have Hilton diamond Delta diamond And I’m gonna be Marriott highest status this year with concierge and 24 hour stays I could make the vid
@@DavidMossMGS Starting from the top though (i'm not sure if you are) would be easier. If you could take ideally a status wrapped into a card you already want and convert it into more statuses and even upstatusing into higher tiers. That would actually be an impressive argument as one of those "in the know" added value perks to cards for the sophisticated creditee. :P
@@sparkzbarca They will not give you anything unless you spend and why would you want to spend unless it's something you need really bad? This is a waste of money and a very bad idea?
@@marksantucci4230 well as was shown they will... Even the "challenge" ones do give the perk but it's only for three months unless you meet the spend. Others just match flat. So you do get the perks. Let's say your planning a family vacation to like brazil. You get a card with a hotel brand for a free stay. This is for one single trip mind. Well it's a vacation so want to stay somewhere nice. Your free night is great value. If you buy a ticket with the card you can probably hit a minimum spend and get another night or two off points Now you go there and what time does your flight arrive and when does your return depart because free early check-in and late check-out could be great with little kids. You get free breakfast each morning You get your own line at the car rental. Even if you only use the status for one single vacation. Free points multipliers for three nights you do pay for because of your status. Free amentities like breakfast at a nice hotel. Free car delivery to your hotel entrance. It's not game breaking but it's all together hundreds in value. One week of family breakfasts free on vacation is worth a lot in money and not having to sit in the airport for three hours with kids cause your room is checked out but your flight is forever away is great emotional value
@@TheCreditShifu makes sense but if she gave you an authorized user gold card then you would have that benefit. Hertz status as well. Food for thought. Keep up the outstanding work 👍
Does anyone know if Chase stopped the point pooling between the freedom, freedom unlimited and CSR? I was starting to get the Chase cards, but I cant find any info regarding if they still do point pooling or not. Thanks for the help
@@DavidMossMGS well I wouldnt be able to get as many points with them cause Im a pilot, so i never pay for plane tickets, or any traveling expenses, plus I cant use the lounges while in uniform soooo kinda pointless :( Most of my expenses are dining honestly.
P47Fighter1 last I heard they stopped the pooling. Also the Amex gold card has a good multiplier on dining, but typically the points with Amex are not worth as much as Chase's UR points I believe
Many thanks, never really understood the status match process. Thanks for demystifying this topic. The caveat here is quite often, your loyalty is with Brand X for a reason, so if another brand matched it outright that’s fine. But if they require a certain level of spend, that might be tough if Brand X is already meeting your needs and has given you status. The key here was the last item about National matching Hilton. Huh, truly intriguing! I am also H Gold and N Executive, so would love to get Executive Elite. It’s indeed harder with airlines. Aside from immediate perks like no cost for selecting a seat or 1st bag is free, the multiplier for future miles seems a bit unfair. It makes it that much harder for someone without it to attain status in the first place. Good luck on your request with National, wish me the same.
@@p120 - if you’re specifically asking regarding National, there’s no expiration date and I am still Executive Elite. My CSR card comes with an upgrade to Executive, then a status match with Hilton Gold (courtesy of my Surpass card) took it to Executive Elite. To my knowledge, you don’t need to rent X many times per year to keep it, but it certainly would help. Since Covid, both my business and personal travel is significantly down but I still have the status. That being said, don’t forget you’re not guaranteed a certain vehicle unless you specifically rent and pay for that class vehicle. Upgrades are available based upon supply, and their supply is significantly down so my increased status is having less of a benefit than I had hoped. Good luck to you, love to help you all I can. 💪
UPDATE: Status matching Hilton Gold to National Executive Elite DID work! So I am now the highest level in the club, thanks to Hilton and Amex.
The Credit Shifu any word on how long the exec elite status will last?
How long did it last? And also how long did it take for you to attain. Do you still have it due to this? please
For info, it also works For Marriott and United Airlines
Note that between airlines, your existing status needs to come from flying and not a perk of credit card or another match. For example, if you have United Premier Silver from Marriott's Platinum Elite status, it is no good to match to another airline because they actually need to see your miles with United, not just the status.
Your or the The Points Guy or someone should do a challenge where you get a single "free" status through a credit card like your Hilton Gold (or any other status) and try to get as many statuses with it as possible.I understand from an actually useful perspective it's meh. But it'd be interesting to see just how many perks you could get from a 100 dollar annual credit card and it ties in nicely with the kind of gaming the system theme. :P Even trying perhaps to for example to double dip. Getting gold free from hilton with your card but then using that to try to get a HIGHER tier from a worse hotel chain and then trying to use that higher tier to then go to mariot and get top tier and using that to ask Hilton to upgrade your Gold to the highest level.
It'd be amusing to see just how many ultra executive platinum status matches you could get based on having a single mid tier status with one good company. :P
Don Ziolkowski I would watch that video
Don Ziolkowski I have Hilton diamond
Delta diamond
And I’m gonna be Marriott highest status this year with concierge and 24 hour stays
I could make the vid
@@DavidMossMGS Starting from the top though (i'm not sure if you are) would be easier.
If you could take ideally a status wrapped into a card you already want and convert it into more statuses and even upstatusing into higher tiers. That would actually be an impressive argument as one of those "in the know" added value perks to cards for the sophisticated creditee. :P
@@sparkzbarca They will not give you anything unless you spend and why would you want to spend unless it's something you need really bad? This is a waste of money and a very bad idea?
@@marksantucci4230 well as was shown they will... Even the "challenge" ones do give the perk but it's only for three months unless you meet the spend. Others just match flat.
So you do get the perks.
Let's say your planning a family vacation to like brazil.
You get a card with a hotel brand for a free stay.
This is for one single trip mind.
Well it's a vacation so want to stay somewhere nice. Your free night is great value. If you buy a ticket with the card you can probably hit a minimum spend and get another night or two off points
Now you go there and what time does your flight arrive and when does your return depart because free early check-in and late check-out could be great with little kids.
You get free breakfast each morning
You get your own line at the car rental.
Even if you only use the status for one single vacation.
Free points multipliers for three nights you do pay for because of your status.
Free amentities like breakfast at a nice hotel.
Free car delivery to your hotel entrance.
It's not game breaking but it's all together hundreds in value.
One week of family breakfasts free on vacation is worth a lot in money and not having to sit in the airport for three hours with kids cause your room is checked out but your flight is forever away is great emotional value
@thecreditshifu why didn't you use the wife's Amex platinum for status with national car rental? That's right through the benefits on amex website 😉
She doesn’t have a drivers license
@@TheCreditShifu makes sense but if she gave you an authorized user gold card then you would have that benefit. Hertz status as well. Food for thought. Keep up the outstanding work 👍
Ohh interesting, I do have a gold card from her
I just got Explorer status with Hyatt based on my MLife Gold status. Must do it before March 1, 2019, policy changes then.
Always great videos
Does anyone know if Chase stopped the point pooling between the freedom, freedom unlimited and CSR? I was starting to get the Chase cards, but I cant find any info regarding if they still do point pooling or not. Thanks for the help
P47Fighter1 chase sucks
Go to Amex
@@DavidMossMGS well I wouldnt be able to get as many points with them cause Im a pilot, so i never pay for plane tickets, or any traveling expenses, plus I cant use the lounges while in uniform soooo kinda pointless :( Most of my expenses are dining honestly.
P47Fighter1 last I heard they stopped the pooling. Also the Amex gold card has a good multiplier on dining, but typically the points with Amex are not worth as much as Chase's UR points I believe
P47Fighter1 Amex gold is 4x dining
Chase is 3
You lose
Zack S look at points guy website
They value both at 2 cents apiece
Do you think I could use my gold Amex or IHG platinum to get British Airways Silver status.
As always ... great content and insight into the credit card loyalty program world. Keep up the good work!
Mr. Credit- shifu has always provided very informative contents in his video. Please keep up the hard work!!
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE SONG AT THE END?
Does this work in the uk
so calling delta would be better than using the website for a status match?
johnsonbobbob don’t think it makes a difference
I got Southwest A List matched to Alaska Airlines MVP :)
Any update? Did it work?
Yes it it did!
Another great vid!!
Many thanks, never really understood the status match process. Thanks for demystifying this topic. The caveat here is quite often, your loyalty is with Brand X for a reason, so if another brand matched it outright that’s fine. But if they require a certain level of spend, that might be tough if Brand X is already meeting your needs and has given you status. The key here was the last item about National matching Hilton. Huh, truly intriguing! I am also H Gold and N Executive, so would love to get Executive Elite.
It’s indeed harder with airlines. Aside from immediate perks like no cost for selecting a seat or 1st bag is free, the multiplier for future miles seems a bit unfair. It makes it that much harder for someone without it to attain status in the first place.
Good luck on your request with National, wish me the same.
how did it go? and if so. How long did it last? and is it something you can keep doing yearly with National.
@@p120 - if you’re specifically asking regarding National, there’s no expiration date and I am still Executive Elite. My CSR card comes with an upgrade to Executive, then a status match with Hilton Gold (courtesy of my Surpass card) took it to Executive Elite.
To my knowledge, you don’t need to rent X many times per year to keep it, but it certainly would help. Since Covid, both my business and personal travel is significantly down but I still have the status.
That being said, don’t forget you’re not guaranteed a certain vehicle unless you specifically rent and pay for that class vehicle. Upgrades are available based upon supply, and their supply is significantly down so my increased status is having less of a benefit than I had hoped.
Good luck to you, love to help you all I can. 💪
你是不是老外看中國的 郝毅博？？
能回答我一下嗎 感謝~
I like to apply American Express Gold card here anybody can send me Recommend
Just go to all cards and go to the gold card
how am i not first
My man you need a haircut
Very misleading title