Whether you want to earn airline elite status from the comfort of your couch or switch alliances without starting from scratch, this week we talk about how you can score shortcuts to get the status you want.

00:00 Intro

02:28 Giant Mailbag

02:51 Greg-a-culpa

04:43 Nick-a-culpa: Air France actually does have an award chart

https://viewfromthewing.com/air-france-introduces-new-award-chart-free-stopovers/

07:09 T-Tip

11:53 Card Talk: Frontier Airlines World Mastercard

https://frequentmiler.com/f9/

22:00 Mattress Running the Numbers: SimplyMiles stack for Holiday Inn or Holiday Inn Express

https://frequentmiler.com/simplymiles-spend-100-at-holiday-inn-or-holiday-inn-express-earn-930-aadvantage-miles-loyalty-points/

29:04 Award Talk: AA enhancements

29:50 Apply systemwide upgrades online

30:24 Earn miles when paying for upgrades

31:20 Cancel basic economy and get something back for $99

32:13 Loyalty Point choice benefit

34:58 Main Events: Shortcuts to airline elite status

35:00 What is airline elite status?

38:36 Lots of shortcuts exist

39:36 Having credit cards to get perks

41:56 Earning elite status through credit card spend

47:11 Shopping for status

49:56 Status matches

50:47 American Airlines status match

54:44 Delta status match

56:05 United status match

58:18 Alaska status match

58:38 Turkish status match

01:05:58 Southwest A-list status match

01:08:47 Buying status

01:13:27 Other ways to get elite status

01:17:00 Air France: earn XPs without flying

01:18:29 Question of the Week: Is it safe to complete spending for stuff on 12/31?

Music credit: Annie Yoder